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    Both components are essential to the moral argument. — Carmelics
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    Supports→A successful moral argument for God's existence requires both defending the objectivity of morality and demonstrating that theism best explains that objectivity.

    Both components are essential to the moral argument.

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    It is easy to see then that the proponent of a moral argument has a complex task: She must defend the reality and objectivity of the feature of morality appealed to, but also defend the claim that this feature can be best explained by God. The second part of the task may require not only demonstrating the strengths of a theistic explanation, but pointing out weaknesses in rival secular explanations as well. Both parts of the task are essential, but it is worth noting that the two components cann

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