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theology + life: April 2015
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Reviews of Southeast Asian Theological Works. Thursday, April 09, 2015. Michael Barr twisting Lee Kuan Yew's words? After the passing of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew (LKY), the media around the world was featuring various people to talk about him. One of them is Michael Barr, Associate Professor of International Relations at Flinders University who wrote Lee Kuan Yew: The Beliefs Behind the Man. USA: Georgetown University Press, 2000). Barr was interviewed by BBC. Is widely shared on Facebook timeline. The s...
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theology + life: On hate speech law and governance—A reply to Carlton Tan
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Reviews of Southeast Asian Theological Works. Tuesday, April 07, 2015. On hate speech law and governance—A reply to Carlton Tan. The Amos Yee case. Has roused netizens to revisit the issue of hate speech law ( Section 298. In Singapore. Over at Asian Correspondent. Carlton Tan alleges three problems surrounding this law: it is unnecessary and redundant, cannot be consistently applied, and liable to be abused. In short, Carlton is saying that since Section 298 and 298A share the same objective, then the f...
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theology + life: March 2015
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Reviews of Southeast Asian Theological Works. Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Joshua Berman's essay on the historicity of the exodus. The movie Exodus: Gods and Kings. Has sparked some discussions over whether was there an actual exodus. Liberal scholars readily came out and repeated their mantra that there is little, if any, historical value in the Book of Exodus. There is a recent insightful essay. In the Kadesh poem we read: Then when my troops and chariotry saw. Me, that I was like Montu , my. Which the L...
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theology + life: A Deeper Look At Joseph Prince’s Destined to Reign
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Reviews of Southeast Asian Theological Works. Thursday, October 30, 2008. A Deeper Look At Joseph Prince’s Destined to Reign. This review restrictively concerns the philosophical and theological claims made by Joseph Prince. 1) On the Preface. 2) On Chapter 1: Destined To Reign. 3) On Chapter 3. Controversies Surrounding The Gospel of Grace. 4) On Chapter 5: Is God Judging America? 5) On Chapter 7: The Gospel That Paul Preached. 6) On Chapter 8: The Main Clause On The New Covenant. As for me, I admit tha...
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theology + life: May 2015
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Reviews of Southeast Asian Theological Works. Tuesday, May 05, 2015. Sharing at Q. TEA Peace Talks. Last Saturday I took part in an interfaith event organized by Q Commons Singapore. My fellow presenters were Md Imran Md Taib (Muslim interfaith activist), Isa Kamari (acclaimed Malay poet), Chew Lin Kay (humanist interfaith activist), Jason Leow (Zen practitioner), and Aaron Lee (prize-winning poet and Christian activist). I presented on a theology of peace which revolved these three points:. Second, the ...
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Dates for Week Numbers. PHILOSOPHY ON THE WEB. W/ Colby Glass, Palo Alto College. Sites You Gotta See. A portable computer for $229. If Men Have All the POWER, How Come Women Make All the RULES? A discussion of men's issues. Thomas Paine, Common Sense. Women in Contemporary Turkey. Mariana Ornelas' Fulbright trip to Turkey to study women's issues there. many photographs. You are visitor number. By Colby Glass, MLIS. Animated graphics are courtesy of Club Unlimited.
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Think: Just Do It!: [PL 431] The Cultural Differences Argument
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Friday, March 9, 2012. PL 431] The Cultural Differences Argument. In "The Challenge of Cultural Relativism," Rachels argues that the Cultural Differences Argument is invalid. The Cultural Differences Argument is the following:. Different cultures have different moral codes. Therefore, there is no objective "truth" in morality. Right and wrong are only matters of opinion and opinions vary from culture to culture. Some people believe that the earth is flat. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). PL 431] Kant'...
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Think: Just Do It!: [PHI 3000] Does the method of cases rest on a mistake?
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012. PHI 3000] Does the method of cases rest on a mistake? In light of the excellent feedback I received from readers of the Experimental Philosophy. Blog, I think there are actually two analogical arguments that can be made with respect to the method of cases (i.e., the method of appealing to intuitive judgments elicited by thought experiments). Perceptual judgments : artificial perceptual illusions : intuitive judgments : negative thought experiments. This sort of negative thought e...
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Resources
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For Philosophical Study and Enjoyment. 470-399 B.C.). Page Table of Contents. Adler, Mortimer J. (1995). Adler's Philosophical Dictionary: 125 Key Terms for the Philosopher's Lexicon. Angeles, Peter A. (1992). HarperCollins Dictionary of Philosophy, 2nd ed. Audi, Robert (ed.)(1999). The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Blackburn, Simon (1996). The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Allen, Ste...
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