The Moral Argument
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- Created on: 10-04-13 22:05
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- The Moral Argument
- Moral standards that overrule human authority prove that there is a God
- A supreme authority who decreed moral laws
- when we see good we are seeing God
- Belief in divine justice is an essential part of having moral values
- Kant
- True virtue should be rewarded with happiness
- Average virtue is not enough we are obliged to aim for the highest
- Sunnum Bonum = virtue and happiness
- We all have a sense of innate moral awareness
- Ought implies can
- Humans can achieve virtue in a lifetime but the rewards may be beyond us (heaven)
- There must be a God that ensures virtue and happiness are combined
- Plato's Euthyphros question
- Mill 'On Nature' the world is cruel
- Idealistic
- The world isnt fair Darwins theory of evolution
- Moral standards that overrule human authority prove that there is a God
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