Thought Probes

The Devil Made Me Do It: The law recognizes many types of excuses for criminal behavior. What do you think should distinguish a legitimate excuse from an illegitimate one?
Emerging Defenses to Crime (http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/excuse.htm) List of legal justifications, excuses, mitigations



Sleepwalking - Nightmare for the courts (http://www.colorado.edu/iec/SP200RW/sleep.htm) Sleepwalking as a legal defense



Forensic Psychiatry & Medicine (http://www.forensic-psych.com/articles/artRebirth.html) Forensic Psychiatry and legal defenses



True Legal/Courtroom Humor (http://www.voiceone.com/html/legal.html#Just%20Because%20God%20Forgives%20You...) Collection of strange cases from the Harris Creative Group

Freedom and Foreknowledge: If God knows the future, can we have free will?
Omniscience and Human Freedom (http://comp.uark.edu/~senor/OmniFree.html) Article by Thomas Senor (University of Arkansas) articulating the problem and exploring possible solutions



Divine Omniscience and Human Freedom (http://twtministries.com/articles/9_openness/divine.html) Article by Donald H. Wacome defending the view that God is not omniscient



Omniscience vs. Free Will (http://home.earthlink.net/~kirby/xtianity/freewill.html) Article (with responses) by Peter Kirby arguing that the traditional God of theism cannot exist



The Logical Incompatibility Between Free Will and Omniscience (http://members.telocity.com/mcpierce/freewill.html) Article by Darryl L. Pierce arguing that omniscience is impossible



Omniscience and Freedom: A Case for the Opposition (http://www.valdosta.edu/~rbarnett/phi/free.html) Handout from Ron Barnette (Valdosta University)

The Book of Life: Suppose a perfect predictor super wrote a book chronicling every moment of your life. Could you do otherwise than what is written?
Agency and Omniscience (http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~phildept/Kapitan/omniagent.html) Article by Thomas Kapitan from Religious Studies (1991) arguing that omniscience is incompatible with free agency



Free Will (http://www.rationality.net/freewill.htm) Article by Walter E. Requadt from rationality.net arguing that there couldn't be a perfect predictor because of randomness



Free Will Contradicts the Idea of an Omniscient God (http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/freewill.html) Discussion by Adrian Barnett arguing that nothing can be omniscient



John Calvin: On Predestination (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/calvin-predest.html) Selection from Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion (The Modern History Sourcebook, Fordham University)

Defending Determinism: Is determinism self-refuting?
Some Ways to Critique a Worldview (http://www.afterall.net/citizens/choi/papers/worldviewcritique.html) Article by Sean Choi identifying criteria of adequacy for world views



Arguments that Commit Suicide (http://www.str.org/free/solid_ground/SG0107.htm) Article by Gregory Koukl from Stand to Reason identifying arguments that are self-referentially inconsistent



Materialism is Self-refuting (http://www.mosquitonet.com/~prewett/materialism.html) Excerpt from C.S. Lewis's Miracles



Science/Religion (http://www.johnhick.org.uk/article5.shtml) Speech by John Hick (Claremont Graduate University) arguing that physicalism is self-refuting



C.S. Lewis' Teleological Argument (http://faculty.winthrop.edu/craigheadh/articles/csl.htm) Article by Houston A. Craighead (Winthrop University) defending Lewis' claim that naturalism is self-refuting

Genetic Cleansing: Should we use genetic engineering to alter our psychological make-up?
BLTC Research (http://www.bltc.com/) Mission Statement of an organization devoted to altering the human genome to eliminate suffering



Council for Responsible Genetics (http://www.gene-watch.org/) Home page of an organization dedicated to fostering public debate about the ethical and environmental implications of genetic technology



Human Genetic Engineering (http://www.human-genetic-engineering.com/) Introduction by human-genetic-engineering.com



Reproductive Genetics Resource Center (http://www.arhp.org/healthcareproviders/resources/genetics/index.cfm?ID=293) Articles on all aspects of genetic engineering



Human Genetic Engineering (http://www.probe.org/docs/humgeneng.html) Article by Dr. Ray Bohlin exploring the pros and cons from a Christian perspective



Human Genetic Engineering (http://www.gyre.org/news/explore/Human+Genetic+Engineering) Set of links provided by gyre.com



Genetic Engineering and Its Dangers (http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/GEessays/gedanger.htm) Set of links provided by Ron Epstein (San Francisco State University)

Newcomb's Paradox: Consider the deal described on page 188. Would you choose option (1) or option (2)?
Newcombiana Applications (http://www.philosophy.unimelb.edu.au/handouts/161033/newtan.html) of Newton's paradox to nuclear war



Newcomb's Paradox (http://members.aol.com/kiekeben/newcomb.html) Article by Franz Kiekeben considering various solutions and presenting his own



Quantum Solution to Newcomb's Paradox (http://alpha.uwb.edu.pl/ep/RePEc/sla/eakjkl/10.pdf) Article by Edward W. Piotrowski (University of Bialtystok) using quantum mechanics to solve the paradox



Paradoxes or Fallacy (http://www.paradoxes.info/NewcombsParadox.html) Analysis of Newcomb's paradox by Andrew McMillan



Unlimited Room for Thought (http://www.thegline.com/thought/2001/09-28-2001.htm) Article by the Gline exploring the implications of Newcomb's paradox for education

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