Link between religion and morality
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- link between religion and morality
- key concepts
- is it possible to be religious but not moral?
- is it possible to be moral but not religious?
- what is the relationship between God and goodness?
- is there a supreme moral law-giver?
- if God does not exist then is everything permissible?
- Aquinas
- based on Plato's eternal forms
- the human mind is aware of goodness which is a copy of an external unseen reality
- a reflection of the perfect goodness of God
- god being perfect in goodness is also perfect in existence
- Gods moral perfection is therefore evidence for his existence
- Euthyphro dilemma
- first position
- does God command X because it is good?
- goodness exists as something seperate from God
- God cannot bring goodness into being
- limited view of God, not all-poweful
- God cannot bring goodness into being
- what if God does not expressly give a command?
- is anything God commands a moral law?
- non-believes act moral without reference to God
- second position
- Or is X good because God commanded it?
- God is direct source of moral knowledge
- nothing can be good unless God commands it
- "why is God good?" - 2because he obeys his own commands" - very limited view of God
- God makes the commands as an omnipotent creator, without him there would be no right or wrong
- if God simply commands good, where did morality origionally come from?
- Does God operate to moral laws already in the universe?
- is God limited by these laws- is he therefore God at all?
- first position
- key concepts
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