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What It Means to Be Educated

September 23, 2015 Adam Setser

So-called safe-speech, microagressions, and trigger-warnings are ruining education, and if we lose education, we lose the battle for our humanity. God wants you to be educated, and this is what I think that means.

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In Life & Faith Tags education, absolutes, Wisdom, University, Truth, Reading

Marcus Aurelius on Epistemology

May 25, 2015 Adam Setser

Epistemology is the knowledge we have about how we can have knowledge. Our epistemological position determines our confidence in our ability to know truth, and by truth, I mean absolutes. This is the battle ground for absolutes. The relativism of our postmodern world is due to a weak foundation, a weak epistemology.

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In Philosophy & Theology Tags epistemology, absolutes, *Marcus Aurelius, Semantics

Tim Cook and the New Ideal (the Anti-Ideal)

April 1, 2015 Adam Setser

Tim Cook won't judge a man for being straight or gay, but he will judge a man for judging a man for being gay. He doesn't see morality in sexuality, but he does see it in social relationships. How ironic.

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In Arts & Culture Tags ethics, absolutes, discrimination, Slavery, Homosexuality
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