Criticizing Religious Beliefs Is a Fundamental Human Right
One’s religious beliefs should not exist in an impenetrable and inviolable bubble wherein they are protected from criticism or scrutiny.
How to Modernize Religious Traditions
Moral autonomy and the rejection of divine command ethics are possible within the framework of a religious worldview.
Freedom = Criticism of ALL Religions Is a Fundamental Right
Once one enters the public sphere, religious beliefs are not protected from scrutiny, debate, criticism, and ridicule.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali on free speech
In Hirsi Ali’s view, we need more depictions of Muhammad, including an Islamic version of Monty Python’s Jesus comedy, The Life of Brian.
Criminalizing speech is unworthy of an open society
In a society of increasing diversity, criminalizing speech that defames religions would put us on the road to a tyranny of silence.
In a democracy no one can have a right not to be insulted or offended
In today’s grievance culture, with its identity politics, the grievance lobby has succeeded in shifting the fulcrum of the human rights debate.
Kant’s Struggle with Moral Autonomy and Free Speech
Kant’s position on moral autonomy does not fundamentally differ from that of Thomas Paine, but he put it far less bluntly than Paine did.
Why We Must Defend Free Speech
Leading Nazis, such as Joseph Goebbels and Theodor Fritsch were all prosecuted by the Weimar Republic for their anti-Semitic speech.
Funny’s Funny: Humor Is an Essential Freedom of Speech
Taking offence has never been easier, or indeed more popular: many have developed sensitivity so exquisite that it has become excessive.
An Assessment of Divine Command Ethics
Divine command ethics has the reputation of being a stable basis for morality. Even among unbelievers this reputation is seldom contested.
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