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I Am Beginning to Believe That Morality is Bunk

Before I discuss why the Argument from Moral Knowledge has pushed me in the direction of moral non-realism—the view that there are no objective more facts but only preferences, folkways, and the like—I want to discuss one of a family … Read the rest

Author andy dibblePosted on August 12, 2020August 12, 2020Tags Arguments for God, Morality, Philosophy

Gettier Cases and Moral Knowledge

              I’ve said that probabilistic arguments for God don’t do much to convince a committed atheist.  But the Argument from Moral Knowledge can be reformulated so that it is not merely probabilistic.  In other words, the standard atheist picture (humans … Read the rest

Author andy dibblePosted on August 4, 2020August 12, 2020Tags Arguments for God, Buddhism, Philosophy

The Fine-Tuning Argument for God

Before I discuss the Argument from Moral Knowledge further it’s helpful to explain why I think the Fine-Tuning Argument for God isn’t so great an argument. Why the detour? I read other arguments for God that turn on our relationship … Read the rest

Author andy dibblePosted on July 25, 2020July 25, 2020Tags Arguments for God, Christianity, Islam

A Compelling Argument for God

I’ve already discussed how unconvincing I find William Lane Craig’s Moral Argument for God, so it is interesting that there is a cousin to this argument that I find compelling, the Argument from Moral Knowledge:

  1. We have knowledge
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Author andy dibblePosted on July 16, 2020July 18, 2020Tags Arguments for God, Philosophy, Religion

A Very Bad Argument for God

Some arguments for theism seem to either rest on a metaphysical confusion, like the Ontological Argument. Others might furnish evidence for God, such as the Cosmological Argument and the Argument From Design. But these arguments rarely convince non-theists, … Read the rest

Author andy dibblePosted on July 14, 2020August 4, 2020Tags Arguments for God, Philosophy, Religion

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