On The Intrinsic Connection Between Being And Goodness

July 8, 2010 By 5 Comments

All things, insofar as they are, have goodness.  This is because, for any existent thing whatsoever, to be is necessarily better than not being (regardless of whether a given existent thing consciously acknowledges this or is even capable of thinking about it at all).  This goodness is partly a function of the fact that every [...]

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6 Basic Kinds Of Answer To The Question “Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?”

July 1, 2010 By 3 Comments

by Eric Steinhart Why is there something rather than nothing? This question includes God in its scope: if there is a God, then God is something, so we can always ask: why is there God rather than no God? This implies that the question cannot be answered by appealing to God. It can’t be answered [...]

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