In this blog, I will investigate the metaethical notion of objectively ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ answers in reference to moral dilemmas. I will analyse the arguments against realism such as scepticism, moral disagreement, and cultural relativism, concluding that moral dilemmas have relative, not objective, answers. Ultimately, one’s answer to this question lies in the definition ofContinue reading “To what extent can moral dilemmas have right and wrong answers?”
Category Archives: Religion
Mourning Death
DEATH – The world is enough to make one feel gloomy as if the sky is covered by dark clouds bereft of silver linings. But what is death? What happens when one dies? What is it about death that gives us the above feeling? According to my experience, we fear Death. We fear it becauseContinue reading “Mourning Death”
Victory over Death from Sex to Consciousness
Om Trayambakam Yajamahe sugandhim pushtivardhanam, Urvarukamiva bandhanan, mrityurmukshiya mamritat; The above is the Maha Mrityunjaye Mantra. It is made up of 3 words Maha – ‘Great’, Mrityu – ‘Death’, Jaye – ‘Victory’, thus meaning The Great Victory over Death. This is one of the most powerful mantras chanted in India to worship Lord Shiva whoContinue reading “Victory over Death from Sex to Consciousness”
A Solution to the Christian Problem of Evil: It Doesn’t Exist
A natural problem arrises when you suppose the existence of an omnipotent, omnibenevolent God- how and why does evil exist? Harriet touched upon this in an earlier blog in which she breaks down the nuances of such an issue. I’m writing this blog as a response that proposes a surely controversial conclusion: evil doesn’t exist.Continue reading “A Solution to the Christian Problem of Evil: It Doesn’t Exist”
Christianity and The ‘Problem of Evil’
One of the many arguments against the Judeo-Christian God, is that of evil and suffering. How can a God that is all loving and all powerful allow such pain in a world that he created? This is the ‘Problem of Evil’.