Moral arguments for God's existence : navigating the terrain.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baggett, David, editor.

Hare, J. E., 1949- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God--Proof, Moral.

God.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1 edition.

Place of Publication:

New York: Oxford University Press, 2026.

Summary:

"This extensive collection is designed to canvass the terrain of moral arguments for God's existence. Part I covers the rich and fertile history of the moral argument. Part II examines moral realism and its salient rival metaethical accounts. Part III delineates and describes an array of moral phenomena in need of adequate explanation. Part IV fleshes out several central theistic ethical accounts, from divine command theory to natural law. Part VI subjects various secular ethical accounts to critical scrutiny, including atheistic moral Platonism and Cornell realism. And Part VI extends the discussion by delving into some finer-grained religious accounts of the connection between God and morality"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. History of the moral argument(s)

Aristotle and Augustine on God and happiness: An implicit moral argument prior to Kant

The right, the good, and the threat of despair: (Kantian) ethics and the need for hope in God

Moral arguments from John Henry Newman to Austin Farrer

Putting us back in the dock: C. S. Lewis's moral argument as Praeparatio evangelica

The moral argument: Recent developments

Part II. Moral realism and its challengers

Moral error theory (and God)

Expressivism

Constructivism

Debunking arguments: The dialectical situation

The problem of evil and the moral argument

Moral realism

Part III. Moral phenomena

Supernatural and natural goodness

God is good (for us)

The preciousness of human persons: In dialogue with Raimond Gaita

The benefits of divine command theory: Its links to accountability and forgiveness

The fact-value split, nominalism, and moral knowledge

Moral faith

Part IV. Theistic ethics

Divine command theory

Divine will and desire theories

God as supreme exemplar

God and the natural law

Part V. Secular ethics

Platonized naturalism: A bromide for disenchanted naturalists

Naturalism and its counterfeits

People, things, and God

Part VI. Finer-grained religious accounts

Kant's moral case for God

Divine love theory: How the Trinity best explains objective moral truth

The greatest story ever told: How theism predicts the light of Christ.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780197635742