consequentialism 16 Problems with Divine Command Theory Divine Command Theory, or DCT, is the most prominent ethical framework adopted by religious thinkers in modern times. The idea for them is that it gets them an objective grounding for morality. DCT says that whatever God commands is necessarily good because God commands it, and this is based on
consequentialism William Lane Craig - Taking to Task his Claim "Consequentialism is a terrible ethic" Watch this, especially from 1:28:30. Craig was involved in a series of discussions in Australia with Laurence Krauss regarding philosophy and science. Unfortunately, Krauss is no great philosopher, and philosophy is what most of this discussion revolved around. However, both Craig and the annoying moderator claimed that "
consequentialism Vegetarians and vegans - a philosophical look into whether they can rightfully adopt a moral high-ground. I wrote this years back and have not looked at it since. A few week ago, I was approached by "Philosophical Vegan" (PV) who told me that when you search for veganism an philosophy on Google, my essay is one of the first search results. That's
consequentialism Ordinary Morality Presupposes Atheism, not God! This one got lost in the transfer from my old blog to this one. Since it has come up in conversation, I thought I would post it again. From 2013: I was listening today to The Reasonable Doubts podcast and I had a really interesting discussion that made reference to
consequentialism God Is A Moral Consequentialist!! Here is an essay that I wrote some time ago, raising points that William Lane Craig has failed to deal with. This one comes up an awful lot in my discussions on morality. See what you think. See this and other such pieces in my reasonably priced ebook: The Problem
bias Where I stand with Islam and violence now I have been quite outspoken in recent times about what I believe to be a necessary and inescapable connection between Islam, as properly understood (yes, that notion is wrought with issue) and violence (and intolerance). I have even debated this publicly and given a public talk on the topic (at the
consequentialism Saudi Arabia, Human Rights and Sir Gerald Howarth's Nonsense This is a really important topic and piece which I think needs to be understood by many, not least the politicians working on the world stage. In fact, politicians seem these days to lack in philosophical rigour and understanding. Let me show you one such example here. The topic of Saudi Arabia, its
Biblical Exegesis Reply to Matthew Flannagan on Biblical Moral Relativism Apologist Matthew Flannagan has criticised my points made on the recent post "Inter-Testamental Moral Relativism" which can also be expressed as "Covenantal Moral Relativism" as Justin Schieber has stated it. In this post I declared that the moral obligations being different between the Old Testamen
capitalism Dealing with replies to my free market skepticism posts This chap (to whom the series was directed), Scotty M, has replied to some of my points in the series on Free Market Economics. Unfortunately, he would rather rabidly bash away at You Tube than bring a civil discussion here. The most common issue that Scotty faces is his predilection for straw ma
consequentialism The moral value of an alien 'forqwiblexing' me Last night, an alien came down to Earth and forqwibexed me. I mean, he really did. Who knew! This short post will be concerned with the idea that moral value systems such as Divine Command Theories or intrinsic value theories such as deonotological theories are problematic.
consequentialism Quote of the Day - Robert Bumbalough I posted one of my SIN posts over at Debunking Christianity recently, and this comment was posted which I found pretty insightful: "And, of course, such suffering, in light of an all-loving God, must be seen as necessary for some greater good."
consequentialism William Lane Craig - "Consequentialism is a terrible ethic" - could he be more incoherent? Craig has been involved in a series of discussions in Australia with Laurence Krauss regarding philosophy and science. Unfortunately, Krauss is no great philosopher which is what most of this discussion revolved around. However, both Craig and the annoying moderator claimed the "consequentialism is
consequentialism Counter-apologetics segment on God being a consequentialist Here is another counter-apologetics segment on the Skepticule podcast. My segment starts at 53.30. This one is on the idea that God is a consequentialist. Check it out here.
atheism God is a consequentialist So here is an essay that I wrote earlier this year. I am posting it to see what you think, but also because I am writing a post on a connected idea based on a paper by Stephen Maitzen on how morality presupposes atheism. Fascinating stuff. Anyway, comments below please.
