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Nathan Nobis
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Philosophy professor: www.NathanNobis.com, Lead Editor @ www.1000WordPhilosophy.com, co-author of www.AbortionArguments.com, and the rest.
Confused "Evangelical" Secular People
Many atheists, agnostics, etc. would benefit from learning about the issues they are passionate about!

nathannobis.substack.com/p/confused-e...
November 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I noticed the webpage for our freely available introductory book Thinking Critically About Abortion hit a 500,000 views recently.

Not bad, especially for a philosophy book!

www.AbortionArguments.com

#abortion #ethics #philosophy #prochoice #prolife
March 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Logic quiz update. Yesterday I asked a random group of people if these are bad arguments and, if so, why.

Many, perhaps most, respondents were not able to do that.

We can only hope that this was too easy for many people and so they didn't respond.

#logic #criticalthinking #syllogisms
February 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
February 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
And if you are thinking about what'd be best for you *if you didn't know who you were* that requires seeing things from everyone's point of view: that's not any traditional ethical egoism.

Finally, I think you are reading things in to the initial post that weren't there.
February 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
February 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
ChatGPT explains why common anti-abortion arguments and soundbites are mistaken:

www.abortionarguments.com/2025/01/chat...

#abortion #prochoice #prolife #chatGPT #AI #ethics #philosophy
January 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Anti-abortion folks tend to have very poor arguments, and they are resist to learning that and why (believe it or not!).

What does ChatGPT say about some of their claims?

What will they think about what ChatGPT says??

#abortion #prochoice #prolife

www.abortionarguments.com/2025/01/chat...
January 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A survey for pro-choice people on what they often mean by "human being":

forms.gle/DAzH5JHP6iNG...

#abortion #prochoice #prolife #ethics #philosophy #human #humanbeing
December 28, 2024 at 6:31 PM
December 25, 2024 at 11:40 AM
December 24, 2024 at 5:47 PM
December 18, 2024 at 1:10 PM
A call for materials for a teaching resource,

"Everyday Ethical Arguments: Beginning Discussions on Moral Issues"

available here: ethicalarguments.blogspot.com

#philosophy #philosophysky #teachingphilosophy #ethics #teachingethics #teaching #education #arguments #learning #OER #openeducation
December 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM
I wish it were, legally, as simple as "abortion bans are unconstitutional; we are done with that!" but it is not.

Again, the law is not the only issue here. Here's a free introductory book and materials on the ethical issues that motivate the legal action:
www.AbortionArguments.com
December 7, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Ok, but laws can change and sometimes do, and current or recent laws didn't exhaust this issue, especially since-as the article argues-efforts at changing the law are motivated by (bad) ethical arguments.

On persons:
www.abortionarguments.com/p/full-text....
December 7, 2024 at 2:05 PM
For many years I taught an "Animals & Ethics" course for an educational program sponsored buy the Humane Society of the United States. I later took those materials and created this freely available introductory book:

www.animalethics101.com

#animals #animalrights #animalethics #ethics #vegan
December 6, 2024 at 2:23 PM
November 28, 2024 at 2:10 PM
As a group, take the abortion & ethics quiz!

See how your results compare to the average!

www.abortionarguments.com/p/abortion-e...

#abortion #thanksgiving #discussion #prochoice #prolife #learning #prolife #ethics #philosophy #thanksgiving
November 28, 2024 at 2:09 PM
And the tofu turkey begins!

#vegan #veganthanksgiving
November 27, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Christian philosopher Richard Swinburne on how and why our lives' value depends on us being conscious beings. #ethics #philosophy #abortion #prochoice #prolife
November 25, 2024 at 2:51 PM
November 22, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Except Marquis's argument is poor:

www.abortionarguments.com/p/full-text....
November 20, 2024 at 8:20 PM
I made a 15 second video with four poor arguments against abortion, and asked anyone to explain why those arguments are bad. It didn't go well: almost all responses were ineffective. Were they too unrepresentative?
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8LqyE56/
#abortion #prochoice #prolife #logic
November 20, 2024 at 4:11 PM