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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Main Author: Breitenbach, Zachary (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2021
In: 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
Further subjects:B Ethics
B moral rationality
B Sidgwick
B Layman
B Apologetics
B Moral Argument
B Kant
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