<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 03:30:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/arossp/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Making the World Better]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you believe Nick Hanauer and Eric Liu, libertarians are nuts. In a recent commentary, they gave a litany of reasons for “Why libertarian society is doomed to fail.” The trouble is, they’ve managed not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/arossp/@arossp/makingtheworldbetter-pcc79ufydn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/arossp/@arossp/makingtheworldbetter-pcc79ufydn</guid><category><![CDATA[arossp]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arossp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 20:15:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNa7A6y7fGhGYovKnPy1Gqq4CwqivjLrYJwkAgGa9X9BSjMYX6MwHrZ4D2pu2JdnvWEz7f11Lv6mRki5X41sFECuABXSqWso7W4i5MweCaacAS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Assessing Arguments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let’s say you believe X is true. You know that many smart, well-educated people believe X — including you! — but also that many smart, well-educated people disbelieve X. If you come across what strikes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/arossp/@arossp/onassessingarguments-8x6odzpy95</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/arossp/@arossp/onassessingarguments-8x6odzpy95</guid><category><![CDATA[arossp]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arossp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:54:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Atheism Offers: Justifying a Life’s Purpose]]></title><description><![CDATA[There exists a need among theists to justify life’s purpose. Far from being content with self made goals, with personal achievements set by the individual for his own existential benefit, they desire an]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/arossp/@arossp/whatatheismoffersjustifyingalifespurpose-zp303svy56</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/arossp/@arossp/whatatheismoffersjustifyingalifespurpose-zp303svy56</guid><category><![CDATA[arossp]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arossp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:25:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abandoning Superstition: Why I Don’t Believe In God]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you take a look at the history of ideas from the Enlightenment onward, an unmistakable trend is the steady abandonment of superstition. Weather patterns aren’t caused by raucous spirits. Diseases aren’t]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/arossp/@arossp/abandoningsuperstitionwhyidontbelieveingod-79706gp110</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/arossp/@arossp/abandoningsuperstitionwhyidontbelieveingod-79706gp110</guid><category><![CDATA[arossp]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arossp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:20:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Religious Arguments Don’t Have a Place in Politics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Religion has no place in policy debates. Because of the special nature of faith-based beliefs and values, religious arguments cannot bring anything valuable to the table when discussing the best political]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/arossp/@arossp/whyreligiousargumentsdonthaveaplaceinpolitics-2dll5efoyi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/arossp/@arossp/whyreligiousargumentsdonthaveaplaceinpolitics-2dll5efoyi</guid><category><![CDATA[arossp]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arossp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:14:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intelligent Design’s Logical Fallacies]]></title><description><![CDATA[The many articles on Newsvine regarding creationism and intelligent design have sparked a good deal of comments from proponents of those views, several expressing the same tired arguments for why creationism]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/arossp/@arossp/intelligentdesignslogicalfallacies-mnt832m0qj</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/arossp/@arossp/intelligentdesignslogicalfallacies-mnt832m0qj</guid><category><![CDATA[arossp]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arossp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:09:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[“The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism” by Timothy Keller]]></title><description><![CDATA[Timothy Keller’s The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism was a random find. I’d returned a handful of books to the library and was looking for something to listen to in the car. The title of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/arossp/@arossp/thereasonforgodbeliefinanageofskepticismbytimothykeller-pfihmrxf5q</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/arossp/@arossp/thereasonforgodbeliefinanageofskepticismbytimothykeller-pfihmrxf5q</guid><category><![CDATA[arossp]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arossp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:03:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practical Political Philosophy and Will Kymlicka’s Endnote 42]]></title><description><![CDATA[Confusions of the real and the ideal underly far too many policy debates. Libertarians, for instance, often assume perfectly functioning markets and compare them to genuinely (mis)functioning governments.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/arossp/@arossp/practicalpoliticalphilosophyandwillkymlickasendnote42-kwhizcc0bx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/arossp/@arossp/practicalpoliticalphilosophyandwillkymlickasendnote42-kwhizcc0bx</guid><category><![CDATA[arossp]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arossp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 14:58:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s Okay To Kill: A Libertarian Argument for the Death Penalty]]></title><description><![CDATA[For those of us who believe in limited government and the fallibility of human certainty, the death penalty can pose quite a problem. Is it ever okay to kill someone because of his own criminal actions?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/arossp/@arossp/itsokaytokillalibertarianargumentforthedeathpenalty-oosifw6rdm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/arossp/@arossp/itsokaytokillalibertarianargumentforthedeathpenalty-oosifw6rdm</guid><category><![CDATA[arossp]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arossp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 14:53:03 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>