In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. And morality.
The standard moral argument popularized by William Lane Craig and others goes as follows:
(1) If God does not exist, objective moral values do not exist.
(2) Objective moral values do exist.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
Today, we cast some doubt on the idea that morality is objective only if God exists. We also define some crucial terms, refute a few apologetic canards, and discuss a few ways in which apologists have misrepresented the field of metaethics and failed the audiences that rely on them.
Here’s the overview of the whole series. Today, we’ll be covering sections (1)-(5).
(1) Introduction
(2) Defining Terms
(3) Apologetics vs. Metaethics
(4) “Humans are just animals” (Moral agents vs. patients)
(5) The Moral Law Giver
(6) Euthyphro & Intrinsic Value
(7) Hume’s Law
(8) Why Obey God?
(9) Groundless Morals
(10) Two Classes of Moral Realism
(11) God Cannot Provide the Basis for Objective Morality
(12) Good Moral Arguments
(13) What’s wrong with the moral argument?
A few resources mentioned in this episode:
Majesty of Reason – Moral Realism | Dr. Michael Huemer & Dr. Don Loeb
Is God Necessary for Morality? | William Lane Craig & Shelly Kagan
Moral Objectivity Without God | Russ Shafer-Landau
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