by Patrick Coffin | Apr 9, 2021 | Blog, Science and Philosophy
With Great Love Comes Great Responsibility Chapter 9 of The Enduring Faith and Timeless Truths of Fulton Sheen covers several reasons for contraception being unlawful, in addition to the basics of why abortion is immoral. Venerable Fulton Sheen gives some wise...
by Patrick Coffin | Mar 31, 2021 | Blog, Science and Philosophy
Fulton Sheen and the Outcome of the Sexual Revolution This topic in particular is one that I’m no stranger to. From the writings of the Theology of the Body Institute to the documentary Unprotected, I’ve been very well informed about the dangers of contraception and...
by Patrick Coffin | Mar 25, 2021 | Blog, Science and Philosophy
Visions of Hell with Dante Dante’s Inferno, is one of the most descriptive and elusive understandings of Hell and punishment that have ever been published. Every suffering that is described in detail has harrowing connections to the sins which deemed their...
by Patrick Coffin | Mar 9, 2021 | Blog, Science and Philosophy
Beyond Sensational Pleasure In this paper, I wish to investigate value relativism, and give a few arguments against it. In order to do this, I will first discuss the notion of value and some of its properties. Next, I will discuss that which gives us pleasure, known...
by Patrick Coffin | Feb 24, 2021 | Blog, Science and Philosophy
No Man is Nameless: The Family and Identity In the ancient Greek world, much of a man’s identity was determined by the situation he was born into; as Alkinoos, king of Phaiákia, expresses, “No man is nameless—no man, good or bad, / but gets a name in his first...
