“Mere Morality” by Dan Barker (Part 7): Thus Concludes the Matter
We now come to the end of my critique of Dan Barker’s book, Mere Morality. In all honesty, it hasn’t been a fun series to write—it wasn’t because Barker’s argum...
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“Mere Morality” by Dan Barker (Part 6): Rebellion, Curses, and Evil (Why Dan Barker Misunderstands Them All)
We are moving on to yet another post about Dan Barker’s book, Mere Morality. As I said in the previous post, the second half of Barker’s book really just amount...
“Mere Morality” by Dan Barker (Part 5): God, Morality, Ethnic Cleansing?
We now come to the point of Dan Barker’s book, Mere Morality, where it essentially devolves into an exercise in over the top condemnations of the Bible and Chri...
“Mere Morality” by Dan Barker (Part 2): Religious Values, Human Values, and Self-Castrating Monks?
In my previous post, I began to walk through Dan Barker’s book Mere Morality and noted, among other things, that he tries to claim that our sense of morality is...
Mere Morality by Dan Barker–An Extended Book Analysis (Part 1): What’s the Passing Grade for Morality?
Recently, the former fundamentalist preacher turned atheist Dan Barker has come out with a book entitled, Mere Morality, in which he essentially makes two argum...