Evaluating the Theistic Implications of the Kantian Moral Argument that Postulating God is Essential to Moral Rationality
I contend that Kant’s moral argument that postulates God and an afterlife in order to justify moral rationality counts strongly in favor of theistic ethics even though it cannot on its own justify that God exists. In moving toward this conclusion, I assess Kant’s moral argument and note how both Kan...
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2021, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 143-157 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history NAB Fundamental theology NBC Doctrine of God NCA Ethics VA Philosophy |
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