In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.

I recently asked a group of people whether they had eaten tuna melts as a kid. Everyone remembered a version of this dish.

It is our conviction that piecemeal critiques of nontheisms will not suffice. The theist must enter the arena with a positive and comprehensive case of his own.

. . . the Confucian custom of filial piety. This moral imperative requires sons to obey their parents and take care of them during old age.