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NOTES on Kai Nielsen (born 1926): Ethics Without Religion

What is the relationship between religion and ethics? Do we need to have religion before we can have ethics? Apparently not. Many countries that did not know about the omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent God of Judaism and Christianity were able … Continue reading

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NOTES on Kai Nielsen (born 1925): In Defense of Egalitarianism

Kai Nielsen (born 1925) The glossary of the textbook Fundamentals of Philosophy, by David Stewart and H. Gene Blocker, defines “egalitarian” as the “[p]olitical doctrine that no one has a right to a greater share of social goods [defined by … Continue reading

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