An All Too Radical Solution to the Problem of Evil: a Reply to Harrison
Gerald Harrison has recently argued the evidential problem of evil can be resolved if we assume the moral facts are identical to God's commands or favorings. On a theistic metaethics, the moral facts are identical to what God commands or favors. Our moral intuitions reflect what God commands or...
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Sophia
Year: 2018, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 157-171 |
IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God NCA Ethics VA Philosophy |
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Theistic metaethics
B Divine Command Theory B problem of evil B Skeptical theism |
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