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Zac Alstin

Despite enjoying his four years of philosophical education, Zac Alstin emerged from the post-modern wilderness to discover with surprise and delight the actual existence of such things as truth, goodness, and reality. He now works for Southern Cross Bioethics Institute,
from which vantage point he anticipates the resurgence of Natural Law and traditional ethics.
In the meantime, he draws inspiration from ancient Chinese philosophers, and looks for excuses to quote them. “I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.” - Confucius, The Analects. VII.19

    The end of tolerance
    Zac Alstin | 7 Oct 2011
    The illusion that moral diversity is a viable social strategy is at its last gasp.

    Falling in love with love
    Zac Alstin | 3 Sep 2011
    “We just drifted apart” is the most common reason for contemporary divorce. Is that a good enough reason?

    Britain's deadbeatest Dad
    Zac Alstin | 19 Aug 2011
    He’s 34 years old, has 15 children, 13 lovers and no job. What Jamie Cumming’s serial polygamy tells us about the state of the family in Britain.

    The religious atheist
    Zac Alstin | 30 Jun 2011
    The anti-religious atheist is the inspired prophet of a new religious movement.

    I plank, therefore I am
    Zac Alstin | 25 May 2011
    A philosopher reflects on the craze for “planking” in the strangest places.

    Have we evolved to argue?
    Zac Alstin | 17 May 2011
    Forget about truth. The reason we can reason is to win arguments, say evolutionary psychologists.

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