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		<title>Going on a Moral Diet</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 07:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a well established fact that there is no such thing as a free lunch. This is particularly the case when that lunch consists of deep fried chicken followed by a couple of glazed doughnuts and a Coke. We love sweet and fatty foods (although, as Dan Dennett points out, we don&#8217;t desire them because [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why We Should Debate Creationists</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Dean]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2014 07:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are some who believe that Bill Nye “the science guy” lost the debate with Ken Ham on the question of “is creation a viable model of origins?” And there are many who assert that he should never have agreed to the debate at all. That even debating Ham was to elevate creationism to the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Slow Revolution</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Dean]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Are you happy with the way your country is being run these days? Are you happy with environmental degradation, with the depletion of natural resources and the prospect of climate change? Are you happy with the increasing concentration of wealth in the hands of the wealthy? Are you happy with the calibre of political discourse [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Moral Ecology Updated</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Dean]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2014 01:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve gone though a few iterations of moral ecology already. My last iteration focused on the notion that it takes a multitude of behavioural strategies working in concert to promote high levels of cooperation within groups, and on the complex dynamics of the interactions between these strategies over time. I still think that&#8217;s true, but [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>In Defence of Hegel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 06:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Never thought I&#8217;d write a post like this. But it took a politician to cast aspersions against a University of Sydney philosopher of the continental persuasion in our recent election campaign to get me to take real notice of Hegel. And I&#8217;m pleasantly surprised by what I&#8217;ve seen. I can generally sum up my feelings [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Morality Inside-out</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Dean]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Most moral enquiry – particularly metaethical enquiry – is conducted in an arse-backwards way. Most philosophers appear to look at morality from the inside-out. And I’d suggest this inside-out view of morality is hampering our ability to understand the nature of morality in all its glorious messy complexity. What we need to do is turn [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Politics as Biology: Explaining the Razor Edge of Partisan Politics</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Dean]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Following Obama&#8217;s re-election, M.S. at The Economist ponders the startlingly improbable situation in the United States where such a strongly partisan country can keep rolling out elections that are knife edge finishes: This is what strikes one most strongly looking back at America from across an ocean: the country seems repeatedly embroiled in savage 51-49 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Nature of Morality: A Thesis Primer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 03:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Below is a short preface to my thesis on evolution and moral ecology that gives the broad brush outline of my argument and how it&#8217;ll likely flow from chapter to chapter. Much is in flux, even at this stage (when is it supposed to settle down, I wonder), but I thought this might be a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Christianity versus Homosexuality</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Dean]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 06:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve often wondered why there&#8217;s such an obsessive focus on &#8211; and moral revulsion towards &#8211; homosexuality in Christianity. And I think I may have discovered an answer in a book by famed anthropologist Edward Westermarck. The thing is, many other cultures and religions &#8211; and many moral systems &#8211; don&#8217;t have the same negative [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Should Voters Pass a Test Before Voting?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Dean]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.&#8221; So (allegedly) said Winston Churchill. And who&#8217;s to disagree? Exhibit A: the comments to my recent column on the ABC&#8217;s Drum, which bemoans that &#8220;we have stopped discriminating between argument and sophistry.&#8221; Seems few in the comments &#8211; even those who appear [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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