NaturallawethicsWhy Critics of the PFA Need to Actually Read What NL Theorists WroteInk can be spilled without giving any good to reason to believe an argument is false. Such is the case with a recent attack on Timothy…6 min read·Oct 30, 2021----
NaturallawethicsWhy Jonathan Pearce’s Nominalist Critique of the Perverted Faculty Argument Doesn’t Even Get off…Move over William of Ockham. Jonathan Pearce has joined your ranks. According to Mr. Pearce dogs, cats, human beings, men, women…5 min read·Mar 1, 2021--1--1
NaturallawethicsWhy Beards and Sugarless Chewing Gum Aren’t Refutations of the Perverted Faculty Argument (PFA)What makes human actions good or bad? Eagles are good when they fly and raise their young, oak trees are good when they grow to due size…6 min read·Feb 3, 2021--1--1
NaturallawethicsNatural Law Theory and Rightly Ordered Sexual Pleasure: Some SyllogismsDoes natural law ethics entail any sort of sexual pleasure is morally good? Traditionally nearly every major natural law theorist (and…8 min read·Feb 1, 2021--1--1
NaturallawethicsSome Thoughts on Jonathan Pearce’s Unsound Arguments on the Perverted Faculty ArgumentTimothy Hsiao has taken much time to defend what is famously called the perverted faculty argument. In its basic form the argument claims…5 min read·Dec 21, 2020--1--1
NaturallawethicsSex and Sexuality: Defending Natural Law Against Pearce’s Straw-manThe natural law account of ethics has some pretty big names behind it: Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Thomas Aquinas, and John Locke to name…11 min read·Apr 28, 2020----