When considering philosophical questions about morality, which of the following statements poses the greatest challenge? A. Morality is based on individual preferences. B. There are universal moral principles that apply to everyone. C. Moral decisions should be based on cultural norms. D. The ...
("God and Creation"), essays explore theories of divine action and divine providence, questions about petitionary prayer, problems about divine authority and God's relationship to morality and moral standards, and various formulations of and responses to the problem of evil. The fourth section ("...
There were some excellent audience questions after the main discussion period. Two I recall in particular were about objective morality, asking Ruse to clarify his position. He seemed to obfuscate a little on this, conceding the importance of morality, but ultimately seemed to think that it was ...
but he is much more sneakier than that. The fact that he escapes at the end of the book goes a long way to show this character's shrewdness. However, he also has a sense of morality (one which almost gets him killed). When he had captured Hawkins, the...
134. Is morality subjective or objective? Who determines what positive morals are? How do you know if something is immoral? 135. Should it be legal for doctors to help those who are terminally ill pass away peacefully if that is what they want?
Was Epicurus an optimist for the very reason that he was suffering? We see that this book was burdened with an entire bundle of difficult questions.Let us add its most difficult question: What, from the point of view of living, does morality mean?
We are answering to reality, an entity that simply is what it is and that doesn’t care about anything. Our focus therefore turns entirely to the truth, to describing that reality as correctly as we possibly can. We find ourselves asking questions such as: “What’s likely to be the ...
Morality for this brand of belief is a matter of the bedroom rather than the boardroom. It supports murderous dictatorships in the name of God, views both criticism and pessimism as unpatriotic, and imagines that being a Christian means maintaining a glazed grin, a substantial bank balance, ...
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Not to discount all things Aristotle, Christianity has long argued not only for the differences between morality and ethics, but the ultimate source or ethic is God. Sourcing where our measure of what is right or wrong ought to determine our actions. Following from that understanding, the highes...