Religion and the Public Space. A Response to George

It is striking for me to realize that, although they are supposed to be the masters of human reasoning, most philosophers generally do not / cannot understand each other. Probably this is what is happening now to me and George and to our debate concerning the relation between religion and the public sphere. Although I [...]

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Gender Fundamentalism and Hate – part II

[Article written on February 21, 2008] UPDATE. George has also commented Iddo Landau’s talk and the reaction of gender fundamentalists here. The first example of political correctness and gender stupidity (this is taken from a serious philosophical text): “One way to flesh this idea out is to pretend that there is a superbeing, GOD, who [...]

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Creationism versus Evolutionism

[Article written on February 27, 2008] UPDATE (03.03.2008). It seems that the problem of teaching religion in school was settled reasonably well, at least in my opinion. Romanian readers might want to take a look here. Does anybody know something about evolutionism? Yes, George, there are two theories: (a) The Dawn of Man (”2001: A [...]

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Where’s the “Land of the free”?!

[Article written on November 5, 2008] California’s voters said “yes” to “Proposition 8″ – read here (thanks, Stefan)! This means that gay marriages (which were allowed since June, 2008 in the state of California) will be banned from now on. I keep wandering what the fuck means this. I mean, I thought there are some [...]

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The Amazing State of Nature

That’s right: in the hobbesian “state of nature” (1) even the week can destroy the strong. Nobody is safe. That’s why (2) we have to sign the contract and act together as a “body politic”. In this civil society, (3) the free rider does not always win something (watch the crocodiles!). And (4) the deceitful [...]

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Evolutionism Versus Creationism: Post-scriptum with Thomas Christiano

[Article written on June 10, 2008] In Bled (Slovenia) I had the great honor to meet and discuss with Tom Christiano. In my talk (“Does Liberal Neutrality Require Epistemic Abstinence?”), I advocated a Rawlsian version of the “epistemic abstinence” theory, according to which we should not build the basic institutions of a liberal democratic society [...]

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