Back to School Again… yay! :)

I’ve finished one of my required readings for class: Rita Gross’s fascinating Feminism & Religion. I wish I’d read this book years ago. One of…

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Genesis re-visioned

It’s always entertaining to re-read old college papers, especially when you’ve learned more since then. In the case of Feminism & the Bible: Examining the…

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“Biodiversity vs. Bioengineering?”

This is a class assignment to critique Huber’s article “Biodiversity vs. Bioengineering?” solely on the issue of whether the use of deception was sound argumentation…

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How Do We Keep Honesty? (part V)

Conclusions Gathering together all the ramblings and data we’ve gone through so far, we can now hopefully reach some useful insights on dealing with issues…

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How Do We Keep Honesty? (part IV)

The previous post related just a few examples I’ve personally experienced, of course. I’m sure there are many more psychological avoidance techniques which can be…

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How Do We Keep Honesty? (part III)

What’s been written before is all fine and good, but these examples are also pretty clear-cut. Let’s try a slightly more ambiguous real-life situation. What…

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How Do We Keep Honesty? (part II)

Parameters of the Experiment What are the real-life situations I’ve been involved in, where the reality of falsehood impacts violently with the potential for honesty?…

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How Do We Keep Honesty? (part I)

Originally posted January 2004 Thanks to Bob, Lou, George, Eric, & Ian, who helped make this a better article. I also extend an (admittedly somewhat…

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