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Is the Foundation of Morality Natural or Supernatural? The Craig-Harris Debate

moral argument, moral values, objective moral values and duties, sam harris

Objections to the Moral Argument

Hello Dr. Craig, I attended your debate with Dr. Williamson at the University of Saskatchewan last night, and I was surprised to hear you use the example of child rape being universally viewed as wrong as evidence of objective morality coming from God. This i...

ethics, existence of god, moral argument, moral duties, moral values, objective moral values and duties

Problem of Evil without Objective Moral Values

Dr. Craig, Hello, I'm a graduate student studying the philosophy of religion (particularly natural theology), and have become well-acquainted with your work. Actually, your defense of the Kalam argument was one of the main reasons that led me to believe i...

evil, gratuitous evil, moral argument, moral values, objective moral values and duties, peter van inwagen

Does Theistic Ethics Derive an “Ought” from an “Is”?

Dr. Craig, Like many others, I would like to begin my question by thanking you for the encouragement your rational defense of the Christian faith and your Christ-like example have been to me through my spiritual journey. You have been an intellectual hero of ...

divine command theory, ethics, moral argument, moral duties, moral values, objective moral values and duties

Avoiding Apostasy

Dear Dr. Craig, Let me just say I love your work it has helped numerous times. Anyway my question is regarding spiritual failure. I have heard your recent reasonable faith podcast regarding this topic. You were talking about ex Christians losing their faith. ...

discipleship, faith, holy spirit, moral values

Argument From Morality

Dear Dr. Craig: I'm an atheist. I listened to some of your podcasts, most memorably the two discussing the Old Testament atrocities and the objective grounding of morality. I perceive a contradiction: Is there in fact a difference between "divine command ...

atheism, genocide, moral argument, moral duties, moral values, morality

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

Classifying Immaterial Objects

Dear Dr Craig, Thank you for all your work! I like many others have benefited a great deal from the time and effort you put into your areas of study. My question is regarding classification of immaterial objects. I've always been interested in this but ne...

abstract objects, creation ex nihilo, moral duties, moral values, nominalism, objective moral values and duties

A Debate on the Moral Argument

moral argument, moral duties, moral values, objective moral values and duties

Pastors Need Apologetics, Too

Dear Dr Craig, I asked my pastor if one could present your argument from the existence of objective moral values to the atheist as evidence of God's existence. The argument was: 1. If God does not exist, objective moral values do not exist. 2. Objectiv...

divine attributes, moral argument, moral duties, moral values, objective moral values and duties, omniscience