Tag: moral agency

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Eric Hedin

Date
November 6, 2023

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biology, Ethics, Evolution, evolutionary, free choice, Free Will, freedom of choice, George Ellis, Hamas, human agency, human behavior, human evil, Intelligent Design, Israel, laws of nature, laws of physics, moral agency, moral responsibility, Morality, Naturalism, neurobiology, Robert Sapolsky}

Eric Hedin on Free Will and Morality in a Designed World

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November 6, 2023

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Are we responsible for our choices? What can the laws of nature teach us about morality? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes back Dr. Eric Hedin, Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy at Ball State University, to conclude a discussion about his two recent articles on suffering, free will, and morality in a designed world. Some scientists continue to argue that human free will is an illusion and that we have no more control over our choices than the decision to breathe. But this idea, known as determinism, flies in the face of our human experience. Dr. Hedin explains that far from being slaves to external forces, humans have a great latitude of freedom in the universe. In other words, the ball is in our court. This is Part 2 of a two-part discussion. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 7, 2018

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__edited, equal rights, human cloning, human equality, human exceptionalism, human rights, moral agency, moral duties, moral worth, slavery, stem cells}

Wesley J. Smith: Human Cloning, Human Exceptionalism, Human Rights (and Wrongs)

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November 7, 2018

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On this episode of ID the Future, Dean Abbott hosts Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley J. Smith in a conversation about human cloning, human exceptionalism, and human rights. Smith explains some of the reasons behind the drive toward human cloning, and places the error of that thinking in historic context of some of the worst ethical mistakes humans have made down through history. It’s all about forgetting who we are as human beings.