Keeping the Moral Demand and the Christian Hope for the Good Life

10 years ago

By: Jonathan Pruitt If we think that moral realism is true, and we live in a morally rich world then some unsettling issues arise. If, for example, humans really are intrinsically valuable, then something like Kant’s categorical imperative must be required of us. That is, if humans really are rational...

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Naturalism, Christianity, and the Best Explanation of Moral Goodness

10 years ago

By Jonathan Pruitt In this essay I suggest that Christian theism better explains the existence of moral goodness than does naturalism. But what is goodness? One way to answer this question is by ostension.  We can point to things that are good as examples. If we asked a child, “What...

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