Leslie Allan
@leslieallan.bsky.social
Leslie serves as a non-executive director of Humanists Australia. His many essays and talks on philosophy, religion and humanism are available from his web site at RationalRealm.com. In 2018 Leslie started up Australia’s first Ex-Religious Support Network.
Do moral norms differ from non-moral norms, such as norms of law, prudence, etiquette and game play? This preliminary analysis teases out what is common to all normative systems and what is different about moral norms.
Moral Norms and Normativity by Leslie Allan
Do moral norms differ from non-moral norms, such as norms of law, prudence, etiquette and game play? This preliminary analysis teases out what is common to all normative systems and what is different...
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January 28, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Do moral norms differ from non-moral norms, such as norms of law, prudence, etiquette and game play? This preliminary analysis teases out what is common to all normative systems and what is different about moral norms.
If you think Australia is equally fair to the religious and the non-religious, think again > rationalemagazine.com/index.php/20...
Can Australia be a credible voice for religious and belief rights internationally? - Rationale Magazine
While Australian diplomacy claims to protect and promote universal human rights internationally, a credibility gap is becoming increasingly evident in regards to the country’s treatment of freedom of ...
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January 26, 2026 at 11:11 PM
If you think Australia is equally fair to the religious and the non-religious, think again > rationalemagazine.com/index.php/20...
My $25 #Kiva loan today helps to purchase water filter materials to provide 150,000 people with access to safe drinking water in Indonesia. Will you join me in helping people in developing countries to live a more healthy life? www.kiva.org/invitedby/le...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:33 AM
My $25 #Kiva loan today helps to purchase water filter materials to provide 150,000 people with access to safe drinking water in Indonesia. Will you join me in helping people in developing countries to live a more healthy life? www.kiva.org/invitedby/le...
In my latest essay, I argue moral laws need no supernatural or metaphysical grounding. Using traffic laws as analogy, I show how moral obligations arise naturally from human social cooperation. This naturalistic account grounds morality in our common humanity and collective welfare. bit.ly/rr-pe38
Morals, Metaphysics and Naturalism by Leslie Allan
Leslie Allan shows how moral laws need no divine or metaphysical foundation, emerging naturally from human society, analogous to traffic laws regulating road behavior.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:45 AM
In my latest essay, I argue moral laws need no supernatural or metaphysical grounding. Using traffic laws as analogy, I show how moral obligations arise naturally from human social cooperation. This naturalistic account grounds morality in our common humanity and collective welfare. bit.ly/rr-pe38