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Every 'Ought' Is Derived From an 'Is'
- Featured, Philosophy
- October 20, 2026






The debate over the rightness or wrongness of pornography has arisen again with the news about Josh Duggar’s infidelities, which he in part attributes to an addiction to internet pornography. When it comes to the morality of pornography, it seems there are two main competing views today. One view holds that looking at pornography is
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The world is going to hell in a handbasket. Bird flu. Ukraine. Climate change. Dallas Mavericks. Kamala Harris. Boston Celtics. Gaza. Extreme heat. Mortgage defaults. I recently resolved to turn my little corner of the world around by spreading good cheer. Every day I’m sending friends on WhatsApp a great joke. Today’s is: Why did the
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Most people today accept contraception as a given of modern sexual relations, and just about every Christian church and denomination today believes its use is acceptable in some if not all cases… except the Roman Catholic Church. But the general Christian acceptance of contraception is a fairly recent development. Up until 1930, all major
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Since his election in 2013, Pope Francis has repeatedly attacked what he now calls the “liberal-individualist” or “neoliberal” vision of the world. With last week’s statement to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Francis has renewed the attack, but in the process has exhibited a number of political biases and demonstrably false assumptions. This line of attack
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“When leaders in various fields ask me for advice, my response is always the same: dialogue, dialogue, dialogue.” ~ Pope Francis, in Brazil in 2013 The Pope of Dialogue has thus far slammed the bronze doors of St. Peter’s on any dialogue on the issue of global warming. (Many Catholics argue that everything else is up
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The excitement surrounding Pope Francis’ visit to America is the closest Catholics get to Beatlemania. Hundreds of thousands are hoping to catch a glimpse of the pope when he is in D.C., New York, and Philadelphia this week. My Facebook feed has seen more than one post from those with golden tickets to see the
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