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Curtis Weyant

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A curious intersection of Le Guin and De Casseres

January 2, 2015 by Curtis 4 Comments
Ursula K. Le Guin and Benjamin De Casseres

I’m always fascinated when seemingly different subjects of my academic focus intersect in unexpected ways, as happened to me recently with Ursula K. Le Guin and Benjamin De Casseres. Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised: It may be that I am drawn to both subjects because I had already identified certain similarities subconsciously. However, the rising to consciousness of those … [Read more…]

Posted in: Literature Tagged: books, De Casseres, Le Guin, literature, philosophy, sci-fi, Sirsy

You might be a secular Pelagian if…

August 1, 2014 by Curtis Leave a Comment
Pelagian, the handsome heretic

I recently took the Which Early Christian Heresy Are You? quiz  and my result was Arianism. I posted on Facebook my disappointment at not receiving Pelagianism. But after a few days of contemplation, I’ve started to wonder if I’m really that disappointed. Pelagianism and Me In a nutshell, Pelagianism is the idea that there is no … [Read more…]

Posted in: Liberty Tagged: philosophy, religion

Catholics, libertarianism and poverty

June 4, 2014 by Curtis Leave a Comment

According to Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, you can’t be both Catholic and libertarian. Well, I guess that basically consigns all the members of the Catholic Libertarians Facebook group to hell. The problem is, Cardinal Maradiaga doesn’t seem to know much about libertarianism. Here are some comments in reply to particulars from the article: 1. Catholics … [Read more…]

Posted in: Liberty Tagged: philosophy, politics, religion

Harris’ “Free Will” and the moral imperative

March 30, 2012 by Curtis Leave a Comment
Free Will, by Sam Harris

I just finished Sam Harris’ new book on Free Will. It’s a shortish tome, only about 66 pages plus notes, but it doesn’t suffer for its brevity, and it may even be praised for it’s succinctness and clarity. The basic premise is this: That free will is a sham. Based on recent neurological experiments, we … [Read more…]

Posted in: Literature Tagged: books, philosophy, politics, religion, reviews

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