metaethics

When I argue against the resurrection of Jesus, I generally take a two-pronged approach. First,...

I have argued previously that Craig's first two objections to AMR are weak at best....

I am not impressed by Richard Taylor's appeal to etymology as an argument for the...

Richard Taylor's book Virtue Ethics: An Introduction (formerly published as Ethics, Faith, and Reason) provides...

Some internet resources about  William Craig's views on morality and Richard Taylor's views on morality:...

I am currently considering William Craig's second objection to Atheistic Moral Realism (AMR): Second, the...

Here, once again, is William Craig's MOVE (Moral Objective Values Exist) Argument: 1. If God...

William Craig's MOVE argument is simple: 1. If God does not exist, objective moral values...

I am going to engage in a bit of logic chopping now.  But for those...

In his essay "Why I Believe God Exists", William Craig gives three main reasons for...

I was reading the Martyrdom of Polycarp recently, which is “the oldest written account of...

  In his 2012 book, The Atheist’s Guide to Reality, Alex Rosenberg defends an argument...

The Atheist Ethicist has been writing a nice series on morality and evolutionary ethics. Posts...

In my previous post on this topic, I used conditional derivation to try to prove...

I’ve been studying Plantinga’s very interesting paper, “Naturalism, Theism, Obligation, and Supervenience.” (See here for...

In a seminar on Metaethics (h/t John Brunero) , I encountered an argument against moral...

I did a podcast for Malcontent's Gambit here. It's about 45 mins long. Alan and...

I just read this in the combox on Randal Rauser’s blog. An atheist and a...

William Lane Craig is right. There has been "a resurgence of interest in arguments for...

Over at The Atheist Ethicist, Alonzo Fyfe asks, "Does it matter if morality is grounded...

For years, I've been looking for a taxonomy of theistic meta-ethical theories. Since I have...

Definitionsfirst-level moral belief: a belief that something is good or evil or that something is...

Jonathan Berg, in his essay “How could ethics depend on religion?”, notes there are various...

1. DefintionsMoral ontology is the branch of meta-ethics concerned with the ontology or metaphysics of...

J.P. Moreland argues that traditional theism is the best explanation for the truth of ethical...

This is the subject of debate in the combox at Victor Reppert's blog, Dangerous Idea.LINK

Carrier refutes Moreland's claim that theism offers more and better reasons to live a moral...

The fact that many people do not believe that there is a God creates an...

In response to my comments on "Atheist Ethicist: Theism, Atheism, and Blame," Keith Parsons rightfully...