Talking to the World about Christian Morality: Why Shouldn’t Bob Kill Sam?
The Moral and Amoral “Why?” When an ethical law of the form, ‘Thou shalt…’, is laid down, one’s first thought is, ‘And what if I do not do it?’ It … Read more
Moral Argument
Morality as Natural: Why the “I don’t need a god to be moral” critique fails
Rather than continue the series on the moral argument with further takeaways—they are too numerable to include in a single post, and it would begin to look silly having a … Read more
Moral Arguments III: Might Might Make Right, Right?
In the previous two posts, we’ve talked about one of the central criticisms of any claim that morality is derived in some way from a divine being: The Euthyphro Dilemma. … Read more
Moral Arguments II: Disagreeing over God(s)
When we make arguments in support of a Christian view, those arguments can avoid accusations of question-begging by appeal to sources other than Scripture. Given that the Euthyphro Dilemma, which … Read more
Moral Arguments I: The Euthyphro Dilemma
Morality, God, and the Euthyphro Dilemma Christians often appeal to the moral argument when speaking of the secular movement of our culture, and its (probably related) moral decay: “Without God,” … Read more