Steven Porter on Dallas Willard’s ‘The Disappearance of Moral Knowledge’

Has moral knowledge disappeared from our society?

Brent talks with Steven Porter, Senior Research Fellow and Executive Director of the Martin Institute for Christianity and Culture at Westmont College and an Affiliate Professor of Theology and Spiritual Formation at the Institute for Spiritual Formation and Rosemead School of Psychology.

Steven talks about an important book by his teacher Dallas Willard which was in fact completed by Steven along with Aaron Preston and Gregg Ten Elshof.  The book is Dallas’s ‘The Disappearance of Moral Knowledge’ which started life as an incredible series of lectures. 

• (1:20) Why the book is so important;
• (3:55) What is moral knowledge?
• (7:15) Freedom from morality?
• (9:00) Why moral knowledge is important;
• (10:45) Moral knowledge and the university;
• (12:25) Did Dallas think that moral knowledge could be regained?
• (16:00) Steven’s involvement;
• (20:00) The contribution of philosophy to Western civilization.

Links mentioned in this episode:

dwillard.org/resources/books/disappearance-of-moral-knowledge

libarts.westmont.edu/about/institutes-and-centers/martin-institute-christianity-culture

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