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Month: April 2024

Moral Calculus

Moral Calculus

April 25, 2024
Michael Macneil
Jeremey Bentham (b.1748, d.1832), an early proto-socialist and reformer, coined the term “moral calculus”.  He, like many of his contemporary reformers, was born into great wealth and patronage b... Read More
Theonomy in Christian Ethics

Theonomy in Christian Ethics

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024
Michael Macneil
Modern theonomy was primarily the work of two men, Rousas Rushdoony and Greg Bahnsen in applying Van Tillian thought to first the socio-political sphere and then more broadly.[1]  Bahnsen was to refl... Read More
Jonathan Edwards and the Destruction of the Puritan Canopy in Early US History

Jonathan Edwards and the Destruction of the Puritan Canopy in Early US History

April 25, 2024February 20, 2025
Michael Macneil
As is well known to students of American history, the “Puritan Canopy” was a reflection of the New England Puritan’s desire to construct a society based on what they had found in the scriptures ... Read More
The Fundamentals and Fundamentalism

The Fundamentals and Fundamentalism

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024
Michael Macneil
The terms “fundamentalist evangelical”, “conservative evangelical” or most recently just “fundamentalist” are often just used as imprecise pejoratives.  More precisely, the term “The Fu... Read More
Skinner's Utopia

Skinner’s Utopia

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024
Michael Macneil
(This was originally two chained footnotes I had to remove from my book to meet the word limit, the thesis with the notes in context, is found here.) Skinner presented his utopian vision in his novel ... Read More
The Lewis and Anscombe Debate

The Lewis and Anscombe Debate

April 22, 2024
Michael Macneil
C S Lewis helped found the Socratic Society at Oxford which hosted some of the liveliest debates of the post-WWII era.  Lewis was not just a popular author and public speaker, but was a distinguished... Read More
Evolutionary Theory and Probability Theory

Evolutionary Theory and Probability Theory

April 21, 2024April 21, 2024
Michael Macneil
(This was originally a footnote I had to remove from my book to meet the word limit, I added a little to it as a cross-reference) A major non-partisan (i.e., non-religious) mathematics colloquium, Mat... Read More
Kant, Rationalism, Empiricism, and the God Question

Kant, Rationalism, Empiricism, and the God Question

April 21, 2024April 21, 2024
Michael Macneil
(This was originally a footnote I had to remove from my book to meet the word limit, I then added to it) After Descartes, modern Western philosophy divided at two major views – Continental Rationali... Read More

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