Responsibility 23 Dec 201122 Jun 2018 Click to go to the original and make rude comments about the misuse of “begs the question”. Late note: The bastard fixed it. Find something else to complain about… History Metaphysics Philosophy
Biology More on David Hull 4 Dec 20104 Oct 2017 There’s a special issue of Biology and Philosophy in the wings on the late David Hull. So far, the editorial introduction by Kim Sterelny and a fair summary of his work by Peter Godfrey-Smith have appeared Online First. Springer appear to be making these open access. Update: Michael Ruse’s memoir… Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design Testing universal common ancestry 13 May 2010 A long time ago, a young graduate student wandered into the festering cesspool of creationists and evolutionists known as talk.origins and offered to write a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions page) on whether or not macroevolution and common descent were supported by evidence. I had previously published a philosophical treatment of… Read More
Evolution Culpability and the Catholic Church 12 Apr 2010 The facts are no longer open to interpretation: not only bishops and archbishops, but the then head of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, AKA the Inquisition, knew and covered up rather than dealt with pedophiles in the priesthood, and enabled further abuse. Michael Ruse, long an accommodationist,… Read More
Is the question raised any different than the usual problem of the validity of reward and punishment in a setting without free will?
Social Responsibility refers to value –oriented decisions and behaviour of management of a business towards the society. The business owes responsibility towards the segment of the society such as shareholders, employees, consumers, suppliers, creditors, competitors, dealers, Government and the Community. A fair share of return must be made to these segments by the management. So as to strike an equitable and proper balance between the interests of the people who are affected by the activities of the business or who are the cause for the legitimate existence of the company.