Abstract: Recently, Erik Wielenberg has developed a novel objection to divine command meta-ethics (DCM). The that DCM "has the implausible implication psychopaths have no moral obligations and hence their evil acts, matter how evil, are morally permissible". This article criticizes Wielenberg's argument. Section 1 will expound new "psychopath" argument in context of recent debate over Promulgat...

The article by Professor Markovits 1 is thoughtful and careful perhaps painfully so but it simply and systematically ignores the human condition. The human condition is what law and law practice address, or, as they say these days, what law is "all about." The nonnative premise of Professor Markovits's analysis is that all realworld persons are equal. This premise is drawn chiefly from the phil...

James Sterba has presented a powerful and existentially sincere form of the problem evil, arguing that it is logically impossible for God to exist, given there are moral requirements prevent where one can, these would bind an all-powerful good God, who indeed be able such evil. The ‘Kantian’ argument I set out, if accepted, undermine following stage Sterba’s argument: Significant especially hor...

Forensic science research intended to standardize the distinction of the worst criminal behavior, specifically the Depravity Scale, has been the topic of academic and public discussion in the Journal and elsewhere. Some early impressions have been published without substantive attention to the goals of this research and the application of the results. In a recent article in the Journal, for exa...

The existence of evil in a world created by God raises very difficult questions to answer. Under the inspiration Thomistic philosophy, this article we face problem first all “from below”, trying understand meaning physical evils living nature, especially animals (pain, aggressive interactions). Secondly, thinking enormous amount moral human world, consider biblical faith original sin as illumin...

The article contributes critically to the current discussion of militant piety in Russian Orthodox Christianity. It argues for a more historically informed use notion piety, which can benefit from critical discourse analysis personal narratives and focus on lived experience religion Christians who were involved wars. analyses ego-documents collected two recent volumes: first showcases stories c...

Few biases in human judgment are easier to demonstrate than self-righteousness: the tendency to believe one is more moral than others. Existing research, however, has overlooked an important ambiguity in evaluations of one's own and others' moral behavior that could lead to an overly simplistic characterization of self-righteousness. In particular, moral behavior spans a broad spectrum ranging ...

In recent European animal welfare statutes, human actions injurious to animals are new "offences" articulated as an injury to societal norms in addition to property damage. A crime is foremost a violation of a community moral standard. Violating a societal norm puts society out of balance and justice is served when that balance is returned. Criminal law normally requires the presence of mens re...

We defend the guise of good thesis in a tradition going back to Socrates and Plato, according which persons act on basis what appears them as or least bad evil available them. This seems contrary moral experience, but we against plausible counter-examples life well fiction. contend that makes wrong-doing vice intelligible, still wrong, dysfunctional horrific.