PPT-The Moral Argument

Is goodness without God good enough A Cautionary Note The argument is NOT that knowledge of God is required to be good People could breath long before scientists knew about air Romans 215 They Gentiles show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts their consciences also bearing witness and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them . for. objectivism and subjectivism. An . objective truth . is one that is true independently of how humans happen to think or feel about it.. Objectivism. : There are at least some objective moral truths. . Dr. Tim McGrew . Historicity of the Gospels . Nov 11. th. . Leadership Positions Available. MSC Tabling Positions Available. Connect . with Us. ~facebook.com/. RatioChristiTAMU. ~http://RC.tamu.edu. The Moral Status of the Non-Human World: . Cohen and Warren. Regan and Animal Rights. Tom Regan makes clear his commitment to the animal rights . movement in . the article “Are Zoos Morally Defensible.”. Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. Cognitivism v. non-cognitivism. What are we doing when we. make moral judgments?. Cognitivism: moral judgments, e.g. ‘Murder is wrong’. Aim to describe how the world is. . B. renda Almond, Exploring Philosophy. . “From the earliest time of my studies I set up for myself the rule that whenever I discern a sounder opinion in any matter whatsoever, I gladly and humbly abandon the earlier one; for I know that those things that I have learned are but in the least in comparison to what I do not know.”. Phil/RS 335. Why be good?. Like the design argument, the moral argument for . God. '. s . existence seems more directly rooted in our everyday experience than the more abstract considerations which generate the ontological and cosmological arguments.. The nature of moral knowledge. Moral knowledge. Do you know the difference between right and wrong?. Does anybody?. Is moral knowledge even possible?. What is required for knowledge?. There is a lot of controversy over this, but here is the definition we work with in TOK:. Inquiries into the Philosophy of Religion. A Concise Introduction. Chapter 5. God And Morality. By . Glenn Rogers, Ph.D.. Copyright. ©. 2012 . Glenn Rogers. Proof of God?. God and Morality. Aristotle referred to man (humankind) as the rational animal, emphasizing that it is human rationality that sets humans apart from animals. . Questions for next week. 1. Read Deuteronomy 30:15-19 and rewrite . Moses’s. statement as a logical argument. . Questions for next week. 2. What logical fallacy does Jesus refer to in Matthew 11:19? . Equal Intrinsic Simplicity. . Christian Theism. Naturalism+. 1 - A . Maximally . P. owerful. 2 - Intelligent. 3 - And Good. 4 - Supernatural Person. 5 - Created the universe . 6 - For the purpose revealed by Jesus of Nazareth. Ethical Theory: Relativism. Relativism. : the general philosophical theory that states that there are no firm criteria for judging one individual. ’s or one . culture’s set of moral values, principles, and guidelines of ethical conduct as better than or more rational or superior to any other.. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. Cognitivism v. non-cognitivism. What are we doing when we. make moral judgments?. Cognitivism: moral judgments, e.g. ‘Murder is wrong’. Aim to describe how the world is. An . objective truth . is one that is true independently of how humans happen to think or feel about it.. Objectivism. : There are at least some objective moral truths. . Subjectivism. : There are no objective moral truths. “X is right” means “I approve of X”. “X is wrong” means “I disapprove of X”. . Cosmological argument. Teleological argument. Moral argument. Resurrection. Personal Experience. Kalam Cosmological Argument. The argument:. Everything that . begins to exist. has a cause. The universe began to exist .