Skip to content
Carmelics
TopicsThinkersChangesContributorsLoading account…

    Carmelics

    A reasoning platform. Break down any belief into clear reasons, explore both sides, and weigh the evidence honestly.

    Navigate

    • Topics
    • Search
    • Recent Changes
    • Contribute
    • How It Works
    • Glossary
    • Thinkers
    • Contributors
    • About
    • Statistics
    • Terms
    • Privacy

    Database

    Statements
    —
    Perspectives
    —
    Topics
    —

    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts

    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
    Made withinDC&Austin
    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
    42
    Theism provides a better explanation of moral knowledge t... — Carmelics
    Home/Natural Theology
    HistoryEditSee Inverse

    Theism provides a better explanation of moral knowledge than non-theistic accounts

    Natural Theology
    ?Rate how convincing each reason is below to see the overall strength.
    1 reason for
    0 reasons against

    Reasons For

    1 perspective
    Reason for
    ?
    • 1.Subjectivist theories such as expressivism can explain why humans make the ethical judgments they do, but only by emptying morality of objective authority
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.Objectivist theories that treat morality as having objective authority cannot explain how humans came to reliably form true moral judgments without positing a guiding being such as God
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.A satisfactory account of morality must explain both its objective authority and humans' capacity to make true moral judgments
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Sign in or register to share your perspective on this statement.

    Topics

    Natural TheologyTruth & Knowledge

    Next step

    Based on where you are in your exploration

    Browse more in Natural Theology
    Related propositions within the same area of thought.

    Key Terms

    knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
    Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.

    Connections

    2 topics

    Problem of Evil1 linkedMoral Responsibility1 linked

    Related

    A satisfactory account of morality must explain both its objective authority and...Objectivist theories that treat morality as having objective authority cannot ex...Subjectivist theories such as expressivism can explain why humans make the ethic...

    Similar

    If non-theistic explanations of moral knowledge are implausible, theis...89%Non-theistic accounts of how moral knowledge is possible face real que...86%The Darwinian explanation does not need to postulate the existence of ...83%It is not clear whether non-moral explanations work as well as moral e...82%

    Source

    AI-extracted1/3 agreementValid
    SEP: moral-arguments-god
    View source passageHide passage
    There is a kind of argument from moral knowledge also implicit in Angus Ritchie’s book From Morality to Metaphysics: The Theistic Implications of our Ethical Commitments (2012). Ritchie presses a kind of dilemma on non-theistic accounts of morality. Subjectivist theories such as expressivism can certainly make sense of the fact that we make the ethical judgments we do, but they empty morality of its objective authority. Objectivist theories that take morality seriously, however, have difficulty
    Extraction notes

    Validity: Extracted via Max plan + API grounding/validity checks

    Details

    Type
    claim
    Perspectives
    1 (1 for, 0 against)
    Edits
    1 edit