Brighouse on Blackburn

I’ve been meaning to return to the conversation I began in these posts (see also Rob) on atheism, religion, ecumenicalism, pluralism, respect, and the toxicity of Dawkinsian-style engagement with religion, and I hope to do so in the future, when time and energy permit. For now, though, let me heartily endorse Harry Brighouse’s post on Simon Blackburn’s paper, Religion and Respect, which is part of Philosophers Without Gods: Mediations on Atheism and the Secular Life. There’s some excellent comments over there, as well, including some that challenge Harry’s position.

There are a number of good potentially interesting authors included in the anthology; if I can get my hands on it I’ll post more on my own responses to some of them.