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Can God Ground Necessary Moral Truths?
Dear Dr. Craig, There have been a lot questions recently asked about grounding the existence of morality in God, and I have one as well. The Christian philosopher Richard Swinburne rejects the Moral Argument for God because, he thinks, moral truths are necess...
explanation, metaphysical necessity, moral duties, moral epistemology, moral ontology, moral values
The Plausibility of Grounding Moral Values in God
Dear Dr. Craig, Thank you so much for your faithfulness, zeal, and integrity in serving the Lord. I'm one of the Reasonable Faith Chapter Directors, and I recently have been discussing the ontological ground of morality with the President of my university...
divine command theory, euthyphro dilemma, g.e. moore, moral duties, moral ontology, moral values
Justification of the Moral Argument’s Second Premiss
Dear Dr. Craig, I have recently been working through your book, "On Guard," and had a question concerning the Moral Argument (which I have also heard you use in several of your debates). I have seen it most commonly setup as: 1. If God does not exist, objec...
atheism, moral argument for gods existence, moral duties, moral epistemology, moral ontology, moral values
Argument From Morality Video
Dr. William Lane Craig outlines the argument from morality concerning the existence of God. In this context, however, he argues the conditional claim that only if God exists would we then have a sound ontological foundation for objective moral values and dutie...
Keeping Moral Epistemology and Moral Ontology Distinct
Dr. Craig, I have been debating several atheists regarding the existence of objective moral values being grounded in God. I have been doing quite well avoiding the red herring of moral epistemology and have managed to keep the debate to moral ontology. Now I ...
metaethics, moral argument, moral duties, moral epistemology, moral obligations, moral ontology
Contemporary Moral Arguments
Hi, Regarding your recent debate with Shelly Kagan (on "Is God necessary for morality?"), I feel you didn't have enough time to really reply to Kagan's view that "moral duties are whatever rules perfectly rational people would agree to as a way of gov...
moral argument, moral duties, moral epistemology, moral ontology, moral values, shelly kagan
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Is Beauty an Objective Feature of Reality?
Hello Dr. Craig, What do you think of the view that beauty is just an emotion in the mind, rather than an intrinsic property of objects themselves? When I first came across this view it seemed to me quite compelling. Beauty doesn't seem to be contained in...
aesthetics, beauty, moral ontology, objective truth, philosophy of mind
The Moral Argument—One More Time!
Dear Dr. Craig, I am a former Christian in large part because apologetics (from my perspective) has failed to provide adequate explanations to the objections commonly raised against theism, and especially Christianity in particular. For this submission, I wo...
atheism, experience as source of knowledge, moral argument, moral epistemology, moral ontology, objective moral values and duties
Confusion about the Moral Argument
Hi Dr. Craig! I hope you're doing well. I wanted to clear a confusion regarding the moral argument raised by some atheists. As you've mentioned at several occasions about the premise "objective moral values and duties do exist", that deep down we all k...
abstract objects, moral argument, moral epistemology, moral ontology, objective moral values and duties, platonism
Moral Knowledge and God’s Existence
Hi Dr. Craig, First off, I just want to thank you for the life-changing work you've done, which has been decisive in my intellectual development. While I find your strictly ontological argument from morality persuasive (regarding the existence of objectiv...
alvin plantinga, dr. erik wielenberg, evolutionary argument against naturalism, moral argument, moral epistemology, moral ontology
Stuck with the Moral Argument
Hello Dr Craig, I am a 16 Year old High school student who is super passionate about Christian apologetics. I frequently have discussions/debates with other students about the existence of God, but lately I have gotten quite stuck with the moral argumen...
moral argument, moral epistemology, moral ontology, moral relativism, moral values, objective moral values and duties