Through the Second Vatican Council, Catholic Church asserts import of religious liberty for every individual and believes that one is entitled to live out one’s faith. Thus, through Dignitatis Humanae, has revealed her intention create inter-religion dialogues encourage respect positive values different religions. This raises a question as whether such voiced in Humanae are applicable when it c...

The origin of values and preferences is an unresolved theoretical question in behavioral and social sciences. The Savanna-IQ Interaction Hypothesis, derived from the Savanna Principle and a theory of the evolution of general intelligence, suggests that more intelligent individuals may be more likely to acquire and espouse evolutionarily novel values and preferences (such as liberalism and athei...

There is a famous maxim in science known as Occam's Razor. Put simply, the axiom states that when considering competing theories to explain a phenomenon, one should choose the theory that is simplest with the fewest assumptions. And by implication, if evidence does not exist to substantiate a claim beyond a reasonable doubt, a negative conclusion should be drawn. This maxim is often evoked when...

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Atheists often admit that there is no positive evidence for atheism. Many argue that there is nonetheless a prima facie argument, which I will refer to as the ‘teapot argument’. They liken agnosticism to remaining neutral on the existence of a teapot in outer space. The present paper argues that this analogy fails, for the person who denies such a teapot can agree with the person who affirms it...