Richard Dawkins writes books about Catholicism.
In philosophy , a thick concept -LRB- sometimes  : thick normative concept , or thick evaluative concept -RRB- is a kind of concept that both has a significant degree of descriptive content and is evaluatively loaded .. philosophy. philosophy. Paradigmatic examples are various virtues and vices such as courage , cruelty , truthfulness and kindness .. Courage for example , may be given a rough characterization in descriptive terms as ' ... opposing danger to promote a valued end ' .. At the same time , characterizing someone as courageous typically involves expressing a pro-attitude , or a -LRB- prima facie -RRB- good-making quality -- i.e. an evaluative statement .