Category Archives: Ethics

Two Cheers for Hypocrisy

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Richard Heyduck

We all know that hypocrisy is bad. When we proclaim a standard, we ought to live by that standard. Since our actions speak louder than our words, we need to bring our actions into line with the high moral standards … Continue reading →

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Adjustment Bureau

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Richard Heyduck

When The Adjustment Bureau first came out, I added it my list of movies to see someday. I finally had my opportunity today (I know, I know, I’m way behind the times). It would be a good film to show … Continue reading →

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Human?

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Richard Heyduck

I’ll be teaching a couple of section of Introduction to Ethics this fall. This will be the first time I’ve taught this course in several years, and the first time ever at Wiley College. When I taught it at NTCC … Continue reading →

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Church as Laboratory

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Richard Heyduck

In their On the Moral Nature of the Universe, Nancey Murphy and George Ellis say, “The church is a laboratory for imagining and practicing new forms of social life.” What do they mean by this? Our first thought might be … Continue reading →

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Questions about alcohol

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

A local newspaper recently asked me some questions about shifting attitudes and practices regarding the sale of alcohol in E Texas. Here’s what I had to say (you may notice I’m not good at generating sound bites). Once upon a … Continue reading →

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The problem of judgment

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

In Dependent Rational Animals Alasdair MacIntyre writes: In the context of particular practices we generally have no one else to rely on but those who are our expert coworkers, to make us aware both of our particular mistakes in this … Continue reading →

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Contending Views of Morality and Sociality

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

In After Virtue, Alasdair MacIntyre claims that moral theories are always tied to accounts of sociality. “Every moral philosophy offers explicitly or implicitly at least a partial conceptual analysis of the relationship of an agent to his or her reasons, … Continue reading →

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