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May 28, 2013
Atheistic Moral Realism – Part 10
When I argue against the resurrection of Jesus, I generally take a two-pronged approach. First,...
May 25, 2013
Atheistic Moral Realism – Part 9
I have argued previously that Craig's first two objections to AMR are weak at best....
May 22, 2013
Atheistic Moral Realism – Part 8
I am not impressed by Richard Taylor's appeal to etymology as an argument for the...
May 15, 2013
Atheistic Moral Realism – Part 7
Richard Taylor's book Virtue Ethics: An Introduction (formerly published as Ethics, Faith, and Reason) provides...
May 13, 2013
Atheistic Moral Realism – Part 6
Some internet resources about William Craig's views on morality and Richard Taylor's views on morality:...
May 11, 2013
Atheistic Moral Realism – Part 5
I am currently considering William Craig's second objection to Atheistic Moral Realism (AMR): Second, the...
May 08, 2013
Atheistic Moral Realism – Part 4
Here, once again, is William Craig's MOVE (Moral Objective Values Exist) Argument: 1. If God...
May 04, 2013
Atheistic Moral Realism – Part 3
William Craig's MOVE argument is simple: 1. If God does not exist, objective moral values...
April 2013
April 19, 2013
Atheistic Moral Realism – Part 2
I am going to engage in a bit of logic chopping now. But for those...
April 18, 2013
Atheistic Moral Realism – Part 1
In his essay "Why I Believe God Exists", William Craig gives three main reasons for...
March 2013
March 24, 2013
The Atheist named Richard Swinburne
I was reading the Martyrdom of Polycarp recently, which is “the oldest written account of...
February 2013
February 26, 2013
Alex Rosenberg’s 2012 Argument for Nihilism
In his 2012 book, The Atheist’s Guide to Reality, Alex Rosenberg defends an argument...
February 13, 2013
Atheist Ethicist on Evolution and Morality
The Atheist Ethicist has been writing a nice series on morality and evolutionary ethics. Posts...
February 10, 2013
The Perfect Goodness of God – Again (Part 2)
In my previous post on this topic, I used conditional derivation to try to prove...
February 03, 2013
Thoughts about Plantinga’s Interesting Paper on “Naturalism, Theism, Obligation, and Supervenience”
I’ve been studying Plantinga’s very interesting paper, “Naturalism, Theism, Obligation, and Supervenience.” (See here for...
January 2013
January 29, 2013
An Argument Against Moral Facts
In a seminar on Metaethics (h/t John Brunero) , I encountered an argument against moral...
January 18, 2013
Podcast: Objective morality and atheism; the evil god challenge; risks posed by religion
I did a podcast for Malcontent's Gambit here. It's about 45 mins long. Alan and...
January 11, 2013
AdamHazzard’s Quick Parable Comparing Atheistic and Divine Command Theoretic Metaethics
I just read this in the combox on Randal Rauser’s blog. An atheist and a...
December 2012
December 21, 2012
Herman Phillipse on God, Ethics, and Evolution
December 20, 2012
Humanism for Children: A Reply to William Lane Craig
William Lane Craig is right. There has been "a resurgence of interest in arguments for...
December 10, 2012
Atheist Ethicist: Morality and God: Is This an Important Question?
Over at The Atheist Ethicist, Alonzo Fyfe asks, "Does it matter if morality is grounded...
December 09, 2012
Taxonomy of Theistic Meta-Ethics
For years, I've been looking for a taxonomy of theistic meta-ethical theories. Since I have...
December 04, 2012
The Argument from First-Order Ethical Beliefs for Moral Realism
Definitionsfirst-level moral belief: a belief that something is good or evil or that something is...
December 04, 2012
Semantic vs. Ontological Ethical Naturalism vs. Divine Command Theory
Jonathan Berg, in his essay “How could ethics depend on religion?”, notes there are various...
December 01, 2012
Arguing from Moral Ontology to Theism by Eliminating Nontheistic Alternatives
1. DefintionsMoral ontology is the branch of meta-ethics concerned with the ontology or metaphysics of...
December 01, 2012
J.P. Moreland’s 1993 Moral Argument for Theism
J.P. Moreland argues that traditional theism is the best explanation for the truth of ethical...
September 2012
September 09, 2012
What are the Social, Political, and Moral Implications of Atheism?
This is the subject of debate in the combox at Victor Reppert's blog, Dangerous Idea.LINK
September 08, 2012
Richard Carrier’s Does the Christian Theism Advocated by J. P. Moreland Provide a Better Reason to be Moral than Secular Humanism?
Carrier refutes Moreland's claim that theism offers more and better reasons to live a moral...
September 08, 2012
Wes Morriston’s The Moral Obligations of Reasonable Non-Believers: A special problem for divine command metaethics
The fact that many people do not believe that there is a God creates an...
September 06, 2012
Theism, Atheism, and Metaethics
In response to my comments on "Atheist Ethicist: Theism, Atheism, and Blame," Keith Parsons rightfully...
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