A New Moral Argument for the existence of God

I offer a new deductive formulation of the Moral Argument for the existence of God which shows how one might argue for the conclusion that, if one affirms moral realism (traditionally understood as a metaethical view which acknowledges the existence of objective moral truths), one should affirm thei...

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主要作者: Loke, Andrew Ter Ern (Author)
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语言:English
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出版: Springer Nature B. V 2023
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2023, 卷: 93, 发布: 1, Pages: 25-38
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 神存在的道德论证 / Moralischer Realismus / Moralität / 义务 / 存有论 / 演绎推理
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBC Doctrine of God
NCA Ethics
VA Philosophy
VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy
Further subjects:B Theistic metaethics
B Moral argument
B Euthyphro dilemma
B Moral ontology
B Moral Obligation
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总结:I offer a new deductive formulation of the Moral Argument for the existence of God which shows how one might argue for the conclusion that, if one affirms moral realism (traditionally understood as a metaethical view which acknowledges the existence of objective moral truths), one should affirm theism. The new formulation shows that these objective moral truths are either brute facts, or they are metaphysically grounded in an impersonal entity, a non-divine personal entity, or a divine personal entity i.e., God. I illustrate how the alternatives to God can in principle be excluded based on the essential characteristics of those alternative hypotheses and of certain objective moral truths. I demonstrate that my deductive formulation is better than other formulations, and that it is helpful for future work on the Moral Argument.
ISSN:1572-8684
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11153-022-09842-1