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(31) S2E8 Consequentialism: My Consequentialist Ethic and Generosity
I take a look at the third area in which consequentialism impacted my life - in my generosity.
(32) S2E9 Consequentialism: My Consequentialist Ethic and Love
I take a look at how consequentialism affected the way I loved.
(33) S2E10 Consequentialism: The Moral Conundrum of Ectopic Pregnancies
We take all we've discussed in the previous eight episodes and begin to look at specific moral conundrums. We specifically begin with ectopic pregnancies, since for pr...
(34) S2E11 Consequentialism: The Moral Conundrum of the M.A.S.H. Baby
We return to the conundrum that started it all for me - the M.A.S.H. baby. We take a look at the morality of taking a life in order to save other lives.
(35) S2E12 Consequentialism: The Moral Conundrum of Lying to Save Lives
Is it wrong to tell a little white lie in order to save an oppressed minority you're harboring in order to avoid genocide? Such a claim seems unreasonable and unloving...
(36) S2E13 Abstention from Political Idolatry
This episode looks at how our political idolatry has caused us to remove a vital moral option from our repertoire - abstention in voting. We explore how abstention com...
(37) S2E14 Consequentialism: The Moral Conundrum of Voting for an Evil
I finally come back to the issue which started this whole journey for me - the issue of voting for a morally compromised candidate and/or platform. Here I look at the ...
(38) S2E15 Consequentialism: Inconsequentialism is not Pharisaical
Since inconsequentialism focuses on uncompromising holiness, one of the first accusations levied against it is that it is pharisaical. In this episode I explore what b...
(39) S2E16 Consequentialism: Inconsequentialism is not Hopelessly Condemning
While many view inconsequentialism as pharisaical, some attack it from the opposite angle and say that it produces impossible expectations. Who has any hope if perfect...
(40) S2E17 Consequentialism: Inconsequentialism Doesn't Fail to do Good
One accusation levied against inconsequentialism is that it fails to pursue the good. If we don't lie to save lives and if we won't kill an embryo to save a mother, th...
(41) S2E18 Consequentialism: Inconsequentialism isn't Passive
The final claim often levied at inconsequentialists is that their position is passive. If you don't lie to save lives or if you abstain from voting because all candida...
(42) S2E19 Consequentialism: Consequentialism's Consequences in the Real World
I discuss a number of ways in which I believe the consequentialist ethic plays out in the real world. One of the prime examples I discuss is why we not only see so man...
(43) S2E20 Consequentialism: Making an Evil, Good, and Good, Evil
By this point, inconsequentialism should seem to be the clearly correct position for Christians to hold. However, it may seem a bit overwhelming. What hope or joy is t...
(44) S2E21 Consequentialism: The Relation of Consequentialism to Nonviolence and Conclusion
We recap the heart of the consequentialist ethic and look at how consequentialism impacts the issue of nonviolence.
(45) S2E22 Peter's Betrayal Wasn't Cowardice
We take a look at another case study of consequentialism in the Bible - the Apostle Peter. I argue that Peter was not at all a coward, but was rather a human with an a...
(46) S2E23 Bonhoeffer, Pacifist or Assassin? [Part 1]
As we approach April 9, 2020, we approach the 75th anniversary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's execution. If you know Bonhoeffer, you likely know him as the pacifist turned w...
(46)S2E24 [Uncorrected] Bonhoeffer, Pacifist or Assassin? [Part 1]
This is the original, uncorrected episode. Since most of the corrections were minor, and I felt as though the original had more content and was less rushed, I thought ...
(47) S2E25 Bonhoeffer, Pacifist or Assassin? [Part 2]
Today, April 9, 2020, marks the 75th anniversary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's execution. In the previous episode we took a look at the historical evidence for Bonhoeffer's...
(48) S2E26 COVID-19 and the Conservative Christian Response
I saw a lot of disappointing responses from my community (Conservative Evangelicals) in regard to COVID-19. This episode covers my frustration with my community's skew...
(49) S2E27 Facing Another Virus
In this episode I explore some personal experiences with racism and political idolatry inside the church. I discuss how the same pitfalls which made my community vulne...
(50) S3E1 The Case Against Abortion: The Foundational Question
When discussing the issue of abortion, most anti and pro-abortion advocates miss the point completely. While anti-abortion Christians show pictures of dead fetuses and...
(51) S3E2 The Case Against Abortion: Intrinsic Value and Degreed Properties
If it's clear that a fetus/embryo is a living human, we must then discuss how human value is housed. Is it something that is acquired (extrinsic), meaning it can then ...
(52) S3E3 The Case Against Abortion: Appropriate Justifications for Taking Life
If we know that abortion kills humans, and we know that to maintain intelligible human rights we must acknowledge intrinsic value, we must then answer the next questio...
(53) S3E4 The Case Against Abortion: Bad Christian Arguments and Evidences
Unfortunately, most Christian arguments for abortion are bad. Some arguments misuse or cherry-pick the Bible, some arguments are undermined by hypocrisy, and some argu...
(54) S3E5 Rebuttal: The Argument from Bodily Autonomy (Violinist)
In my opinion, the strongest argument for abortion is the argument from bodily autonomy, also known as the Violinist Argument. I take a look at why this argument seems...
(55) S3E6 Rebuttal: A Strange Argument Against Bodily Autonomy
If you don't want strange and tentative, skip this episode. I take a second look at the issue from bodily autonomy by addressing a very strange case, that of Phillips ...
(56) S3E7 Rebuttal: Would You Save 1 Toddler or 1,000 Embryos?
I take a look at Patrick Tomlinson's smug conundrum offered to the anti-abortion advocates. He asks what a pro-lifer would do if they had to choose between saving a to...
(57) S1E24 The Sacrifices of War and of Christ
As Memorial Day approaches, we explore what it looks like for a pacifist to faithfully and truthfully live out a day which honors lives lost in war. We take some cues ...
(58) S3E8 Rebuttal: Men Can't Speak to the Morality of Abortion (Patriarchal Bias)
Some would argue that you shouldn't even listen to me on the topic of abortion, as I am a man. Men not only have a vested interest in the abortion discussion, but also...
(59) S3E9 Rebuttal: Ectopic Pregnancies
I take a look at one of the arguments the pro-abortion side often levies against the anti-abortion side. Ectopic pregnancies are viewed as an area where pro-lifers are...