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Argument for the existence of God
The argument from morality is an argument for the existence of God. Arguments from morality tend to be based on moral normativity or moral order. Arguments
Argument_from_morality
Philosophical concept
argument from morality by showing how an equal treatment of actual and non-actual persons would lead to highly implausible consequences for morality,
Modal_realism
Philosophical question
predicting the physical world. The argument from morality is an argument for the existence of God. Arguments from morality tend to be based on moral normativity
Existence_of_God
Argument for the existence of an immortal soul
The argument from desire is an argument for the existence of the immortality of the soul. The best-known defender of the argument is the Christian writer
Argument_from_desire
Supreme being in theistic belief systems
argued that a subjective account for morality can be acceptable. Similar to the argument from morality is the argument from conscience which argues for the
God
Argument for the existence of God
For Kant, morality is best explained by the existence of God. 2) C. S. Lewis's argument from reason is also a kind of transcendental argument. 3) The term
Transcendental argument for the existence of God
Transcendental_argument_for_the_existence_of_God
Argument for the existence of God
In philosophy of religion, a cosmological argument is an argument for the existence of God based on observational statements concerning the universe and
Cosmological_argument
Argument from morality or via the Transcendental argument for the existence of God). Russell's teapot Oxford Reference website, Presupposition, from The
Presupposition_(philosophy)
1952 theological book by C. S. Lewis
have to record some. The core of the first section centres on an argument from morality, the basis of which is the "law of human nature", a "rule about
Mere_Christianity
Philosophical argument that asserts an inconsistency with nonbelief and God's existence
The argument from nonbelief is a philosophical argument for the nonexistence of God that asserts an inconsistency between God's existence and a world
Argument_from_nonbelief
Philosophical view that nothing is morally right or wrong
nothing is morally right or morally wrong and that morality does not exist. Moral nihilism is distinct from moral relativism, which allows for actions to be
Moral_nihilism
Argument for the existence of God
The argument from degrees, also known as the degrees of perfection argument or the henological argument, is an argument for the existence of God first
Argument_from_degree
Belief that a deity is not wholly good and is possibly evil
The Nightmare of Being or Slaughter of the Soul. Religion portal Argument from morality Atenism The Bible and violence Comparative religion Conceptions
Dystheism
2006 book by Francis Collins
conversion. Another section of The Language of God focuses on the argument from morality. Moral Law is very important to Collins: "After twenty-eight years
The_Language_of_God
God conceived as the source of ethics and morality
respectively regard as the only true God. Religion portal Society portal Argument from morality Atenism Baháʼí Faith and the unity of religion Baháʼí moral teachings
Ethical_monotheism
Argument for the existence of God
The argument from consciousness is an argument for the existence of God that claims characteristics of human consciousness (such as qualia) cannot be explained
Argument_from_consciousness
Argument for the existence of God
argument is a deductive philosophical argument, made from an ontological basis, that is advanced in support of the existence of God. Such arguments tend
Ontological_argument
Contention that omniscience is incompatible with free will
The argument from free will, also called the paradox of free will or theological fatalism, contends that omniscience and free will are incompatible and
Argument_from_free_will
East portal Ancient Canaanite religion Ancient Semitic religion Argument from morality Atenism Comparative religion Conceptions of God Creationism Demiurge
God_in_Abrahamic_religions
Philosophical question
malevolent. Is he both able and willing? whence then is evil?" The logical argument from evil is as follows: P1. If an omnipotent, omnibenevolent and omniscient
Problem_of_evil
Standard, doctrine or system of conduct
Morality is a normative standard, doctrine, or system of conduct. It evaluates actions and character traits using criteria that vary across individuals
Morality
1971 essay by Peter Singer
"Famine, Affluence, and Morality" is an essay written by Peter Singer in 1971 and published in Philosophy & Public Affairs in 1972. It argues that affluent
Famine, Affluence, and Morality
Famine,_Affluence,_and_Morality
Topics referred to by the same term
Kant's rendering of the metaphysical argument from morality. A social structure and transcendent moral code derived from natural law in the philosophy of
Moral_order
Hypothetical situation
be an abstract hypothetical that is meant to test our intuitions about morality or other fundamental questions of philosophy. Though experiments were conceived
Thought_experiment
Philosophical argument for animal rights
The argument from marginal cases (also known as the argument from species overlap) is a philosophical argument within animal rights theory regarding the
Argument_from_marginal_cases
Philosophical argument for the existence of God
The Kalam cosmological argument is a modern formulation of the cosmological argument for the existence of God. It is named after the Kalam (medieval Islamic
Kalam_cosmological_argument
Quote by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche
representing Christian morality and its metaphysical worldview that, for centuries, provided Europe with its foundation for morality, meaning, and value
God_is_dead
English analytic and evidentialist philosopher (1923–2010)
persuaded by Lewis' argument from morality as found in Mere Christianity (1952). Flew also criticised several of the other philosophical arguments for God's existence
Antony_Flew
Spanish theologian
mind-body dualism and of Immanuel Kant's argument from morality. Vásquez argued for a number of opinions differing from the mainstream scholastic views. These
Gabriel_Vásquez
Argument against assuming the existence of God
The argument from poor design, also known as the dysteleological argument, is an argument against the assumption of the existence of a creator God, based
Argument_from_poor_design
Philosophical argument against moral realism
principles of ethics and morality that we have devised are invalid and cannot be considered objective knowledge. Proponents of such arguments argue that they refute
Evolutionary_debunking
Philosophy of modern day Spain
source of Descartes's mind-body dualism and of Immanuel Kant's argument from morality. Antonio Pérez Valiende de Navas was one of the most important Spanish
Spanish_philosophy
Accepted behaviour and norms in the Victorian era
Victorian morality is a distillation of the moral views of the middle class in 19th-century Britain, the Victorian era. Victorian values emerged in all
Victorian_morality
1887 book by Friedrich Nietzsche
lines of argument derived from genealogy in his book Truth and Truthfulness (2002). Daniel Dennett wrote that On The Genealogy of Morality is "one of
On_the_Genealogy_of_Morality
Aspect of philosophy
Secular morality is the aspect of philosophy that deals with morality outside of religious traditions. Modern examples include humanism, freethinking
Secular_morality
Forms of ethical naturalism
Science of morality (also known as scientific morality or science of ethics or scientific ethics) may refer to various forms of ethical naturalism grounding
Science_of_morality
Philosophical argument
answer cannot be derived from the meaning of the terms alone. The open-question argument claims that any attempt to identify morality with some set of observable
Open-question_argument
Type of argument
Semantic argument is a type of argument in which one fixes the meaning of a term in order to support their argument. Semantic arguments are commonly used
Semantic_argument
Absence of belief in the existence of deities; the opposite of theism
the gods in determining right from wrong is either unnecessary or arbitrary. The argument that morality must be derived from God, and cannot exist without
Atheism
School of philosophical thought
Alston, Michael C. Rea, and Michael Bergmann. The argument from a proper basis is an ontological argument for the existence of God related to fideism. Alvin
Reformed_epistemology
American philosopher
Transformation, Oxford University Press, 2011 Good God: The Theistic Foundations of Morality, with David Baggett, Oxford University Press, 2011 God and Cosmos: Moral
Jerry_Walls
Argument for the belief in God
philosophical argument advanced by Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), a French mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and theologian. This argument posits that
Pascal's_wager
Attacking the person rather than their argument
('an argument to the person'), refers to when a speaker attacks the character, motive, or some other attribute of the person making an argument rather
Ad_hominem
1965 book by Ronald Field Atkinson
Sexual Morality is a 1965 book by Ronald Field Atkinson in which the author provides a critique of philosophical arguments about sex. The book was reviewed
Sexual_Morality_(book)
Argument that leads to a logical absurdity
argumentum ad absurdum (Latin for "argument to absurdity"), apagogical argument, or proof by contradiction, is the form of argument that attempts to establish
Reductio_ad_absurdum
Argument against surveillance
The "nothing to hide" argument is a logical fallacy which states that an individual has no reason to fear or oppose surveillance or breach of privacy,
Nothing_to_hide_argument
Philosophical theory
have developed an argument for dualism dubbed the "argument from reason". They credit C. S. Lewis with first bringing the argument to light in his book
Mind–body_dualism
Debate on circumstances permitting abortion of fetus
that arguments from uncertainty fail because the mere fact that one might be mistaken in finding certain arguments persuasive (for example, arguments for
Abortion_debate
1958 exchange published in the Harvard Law Review
law. Following the two essays, Fuller presented his argument more fully in his book, The Morality of Law, with a story about an imaginary king named Rex
Hart–Fuller_debate
Australian Christian academic, film producer and author (born 1965)
molecule in the Fine-tuned universe, design, the Argument from Consciousness, the Argument from morality, DNA, the Problem of Evil, Old Testament Messianic
Grenville_Kent
Philosophical positions
ethical relativism (often reformulated as relativist ethics or relativist morality) is used to describe several philosophical positions concerned with the
Moral_relativism
Christian apologist and author (born 1961)
ministry CrossExamined.org. Turek has co-authored two books (Legislating Morality and I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist) with Christian philosopher
Frank_Turek
Consideration which justifies, guides, or explains
In philosophy and argumentation, a reason is a consideration that counts in favor of a conclusion, action, attitude or fact, or that explains why something
Reason_(argument)
Emergence, change, and understanding of morality from infancy through adulthood
understanding of morality from infancy through adulthood. The theory states that morality develops across the lifespan in a variety of ways. Morality is influenced
Moral_development
Final season of television series The Boys
confront the morality (and mortality) of these beloved characters, as well as the world they live in, which has turned out to be not so different from our own
The_Boys_season_5
1840 German-language essay by Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer's major works in ethics, in which he argues that morality stems from compassion. Schopenhauer begins with a criticism of Kant's Groundwork
On_the_Basis_of_Morality
Value judgment that procreation is unethical
(2015). "The Misanthropic Argument for Anti-natalism". In S. Hannan; S. Brennan; R. Vernon (eds.). Permissible Progeny?: The Morality of Procreation and Parenting
Antinatalism
Nietzsche is known as a critic of Judeo-Christian morality and religions in general. One of the arguments he raised against the truthfulness of these doctrines
Friedrich Nietzsche and free will
Friedrich_Nietzsche_and_free_will
Emergence of human moral behavior over the course of human evolution
concept of the evolution of morality refers to the emergence of human moral behavior over the course of human evolution. Morality can be defined as a system
Evolution_of_morality
Norms and codes for moral behavior in Islam
In Islam, morality in the sense of "non practical guidelines" or "specific norms or codes of behavior" for good doing (as opposed to ethical theory) are
Morality_in_Islam
1978 book by Alan Gewirth
Gewirth's arguments, questioning whether some of Gewirth's value judgments supported his conclusions, and suggested that Gewirth's conception of morality is
Reason_and_Morality
2019 non-fiction book by Tom Holland
influence of Christianity on the world, focusing on its impact on morality – from its beginnings to the modern day. According to the author, the book
Dominion_(Holland_book)
Argument raised against consequentialist ethical theories
consequentialism in "Famine, Affluence, and Morality". Here is the thrust of Singer's argument: "Suffering and death from lack of food, shelter and medical care
Demandingness_objection
2010 book by Sam Harris
usefully define morality using facts about people's well-being. His arguments acknowledge that problems with this scientific definition of morality seem to be
The_Moral_Landscape
Psychological theory describing the evolution of moral reasoning
beyond the ages studied earlier by Piaget, who also claimed that logic and morality develop through constructive stages. Expanding on Piaget's work, Kohlberg
Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development
Lawrence_Kohlberg's_stages_of_moral_development
Type of informal fallacy
motte-and-bailey castle), also called the castle and courtyard, is a form of argument and an informal fallacy where an arguer conflates two positions that share
Motte-and-bailey_fallacy
German philosopher (1724–1804)
motivated by the desire to secure the possibility of both knowledge and morality against the threats of skepticism and determinism. In the Critique of Pure
Immanuel_Kant
Philosophical tract by Immanuel Kant
necessity of action from respect for law.’ This final proposition serves as the basis of Kant's argument for the supreme principle of morality, the categorical
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Groundwork_of_the_Metaphysics_of_Morals
1795 book by the Marquis de Sade
dramatic dialogue. Set in a boudoir, the two lead characters make the argument that the only moral system that reinforces the recent political revolution
Philosophy_in_the_Bedroom
Study of ethical conduct in sexual behavior
ethics (also known as sex ethics or sexual morality) is a branch of philosophy that considers the ethics or morality of human sexual behavior. Sexual ethics
Sexual_ethics
Philosophical study of morality
taken as an argument against moral realism since moral disagreement is widespread in most fields. Moral relativists reject the idea that morality is an objective
Ethics
2006 book by Richard Dawkins
possibility of morality existing independently of religion and proposes alternative explanations for the origins of both religion and morality. In early December
The_God_Delusion
1984 book by Derek Parfit
used as arguments in favor of morality. Conversely, arguments that a self-interest theorist uses against morality could also be used as arguments in support
Reasons_and_Persons
1965 book by John Boyd Wilson
Logic and Sexual Morality is a 1965 book by John Boyd Wilson in which the author provides a critique of philosophical arguments about sex. The book was
Logic_and_Sexual_Morality
Essay collection by John Gardner (1978)
literature's lack of morality, which he calls the highest purpose of art and which he defines in the book. According to Gardner, morality is not an arbitrary
On_Moral_Fiction
2026 Indian film by Jeethu Joseph
storytelling elevates Drishyam 3 beyond thriller territory into a complex morality tale". Calling it "a hattrick", Athulya Nambiar of Mid-Day remarked that
Drishyam_3
Meta-ethical view
subject of significant criticism, most notably G. E. Moore's open-question argument, which challenges the claim that moral properties can be fully defined
Ethical_naturalism
American philosopher
the Agent’s Final End: Hegel’s Reformulation of Kant’s Argument for the Rationality of Morality in philosophy. In the meantime, Wallace translated Hans
Robert M. Wallace (philosopher)
Robert_M._Wallace_(philosopher)
Film by Curry Barker
of "heteropessimist horror". Author Rob K. Henderson described it as a "morality tale" that encouraged young men to confess their romantic feelings instead
Obsession_(2025_film)
American organization
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), previously known as Morality in Media and Operation Yorkville, is an American conservative anti-pornography
National Center on Sexual Exploitation
National_Center_on_Sexual_Exploitation
American philosopher (1912–2004)
Beyleveld published The Dialectical Necessity of Morality, an authoritative reformulation of Gewirth's argument, including a summary of previously published
Alan_Gewirth
Meta-ethical theory of morality
God and Morality — a defence of the Divine Command theory. Moral Argument and Divine Command Theory — links to relevant on-line resources from Internet
Divine_command_theory
Philosophical school of thought
permitted". This argument suggests chaos will ensue if religious belief disappears. For humanists, theism is an obstacle to morality rather than a prerequisite
Humanism
German philosopher (1844–1900)
perspectivism; a genealogical critique of Christian morality and a related theory of master–slave morality; the affirmation of life in response to both the
Friedrich_Nietzsche
Argument in the philosophy of mathematics
The Quine–Putnam indispensability argument is an argument in the philosophy of mathematics for the existence of abstract mathematical objects such as
Quine–Putnam indispensability argument
Quine–Putnam_indispensability_argument
Ethics textbook
does make some judgements about them through rational argument. The book tells us that morality refers to, at the very least, the effort to guide our
The Elements of Moral Philosophy
The_Elements_of_Moral_Philosophy
Theory of base morals
Dutch primatologist Frans de Waal to label the Hobbesian view of human morality that he criticizes throughout his work. Although he criticizes this view
Veneer_theory
British-New Zealand moral philosopher
This is the subject of his 2006 book The Evolution of Morality. Evolutionary debunking argument If human moral thinking evolved in order to strengthen
Richard_Joyce_(philosopher)
Islamic formal argument for the existence of God
Demonstration of the Truthful or Proof of the Veracious, among others) is a formal argument for proving the existence of God introduced by the Islamic philosopher
Proof_of_the_Truthful
American philosopher
On the Theistic Explanation of Morality (Oxford, 2011) God's Own Ethics: Norms of Divine Action and the Argument from Evil (Oxford, 2017) Divine Holiness
Mark_C._Murphy
Meta-ethical theory
theist idea of morality as obedience towards god. It is however different from the cognitivist supernaturalism which interprets morality as subjective
Non-cognitivism
Moral behaviours of man-made machines
Machine ethics (or machine morality, computational morality, or computational ethics) is a part of the ethics of artificial intelligence concerned with
Machine_ethics
Israeli philosopher (1939–2022)
on number problems in morality A blog summary of Raz's argument for the sources thesis, part one A blog summary of Raz's argument for the sources thesis
Joseph_Raz
Rejection of certain ideas about reality
meaning-making. Moral nihilism, a related view, denies the objective existence of morality, arguing that moral evaluations and practices rest on misguided assumptions
Nihilism
1970 book by Iris Murdoch
changes inwardly over time. Morality does not fit into the world describable by science, so philosophy needs to liberate itself from the limits of science.
The_Sovereignty_of_Good
Hypothesis about sapient life and the universe
appealing to the physical consequences of letting N differ from 3 and T differ from 1. The argument is often of an anthropic character and possibly the first
Anthropic_principle
Ethical theory
Skeptical Arguments from Disagreement and Queerness," Australasian Journal of Philosophy 62 (1984) Joyce, Richard (2001). The Myth of Morality, Cambridge
Moral_skepticism
Philosophical problem articulated by David Hume
cannot be inferred from purely descriptive factual statements. A similar view is defended by G. E. Moore's open-question argument, intended to refute
Is–ought_problem
Hypothesis about life in the universe
"Problems with the Argument from Fine Tuning". Synthese 145 (3), pp. 325–338. Colyvan et al.. (2005). Problems with the Argument from Fine Tuning. Synthese
Fine-tuned_universe
American philosopher and theologian (born 1949)
Morality". Religious Studies. 48 (1): 15–34. doi:10.1017/S0034412510000740. ISSN 1469-901X. Morriston, Wes (2013). "Doubts About the Kalam Argument"
William_Lane_Craig
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ARGUMENT FROM-MORALITY
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Argument; Reasoning; Proof
Boy/Male
Hindu
Most Love
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : variant of Krom.English : possibly a variant of Croom.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old French argent ‘silver’, hence probably a nickname for someone with silver-gray hair, or possibly an occupational nickname for a silversmith or moneyer.
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of German Blümle, from a pet form of Blum.English
Americanized spelling of German Blümle, from a pet form of Blum.English : variant spelling of Plumley.
Surname or Lastname
Respelling of German Austel, from a pet form of August.English
Respelling of German Austel, from a pet form of August.English : possibly a variant of Astle. There is a place in Cornwall called St. Austell (from the dedication of its church to a certain St. Austol), but this is unlikely to be the source of the surname.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Proofs; Arguments
Boy/Male
Muslim
Orbit, Eye socket, Argument
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places so called from the rivers on which they stand, or simply a name for someone living beside a river of this name, which is probably cognate with Welsh ffraw ‘fair’, ‘fine’, ‘brisk’. Compare Frampton.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Argument; Proof; Reasoning
Surname or Lastname
Jewish (from Poland)
Jewish (from Poland) : Polish spelling of the occupational surname Mintzer ‘moneyer’.English : unexplained. Perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a butcher, a cook, or a warrior, from a derivative of Middle English mince(n) ‘to mince’, ‘to cut into small pieces’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Frome.German : from a short form of a personal name composed with Middle High German vrom, vrum ‘valiant’, ‘steadfast’ (see Frommelt).
Boy/Male
Indian
Argument, Reasoning, Proof
Boy/Male
Muslim
Argument, Reasoning, Proof
Boy/Male
Scottish
Crooked.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Reasoning; Proof; Argument
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Orbit eye socket, Orgument, debate
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Argument reasoning, proof
Surname or Lastname
English, from Welsh
English, from Welsh : from the Welsh personal name Caradog meaning ‘amiable’. A British bearer of this name is recorded in the Latin form Cara(c)tacus and remembered for his leadership of a revolt against the Roman occupation in the 1st century ad.
Boy/Male
Indian
Orbit, Eye socket, Argument
ARGUMENT FROM-MORALITY
ARGUMENT FROM-MORALITY
Male
English
Pet form of English Ambrose, AMBIE means "immortal."
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Salvation
Boy/Male
Hindu
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Addition; Surplus; Increase; Growth
Girl/Female
Arabic, Indian, Muslim, Parsi
Lady
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Higbee.
Girl/Female
Chinese, German, Irish, Latin
In Charge; Like a Cat
Boy/Male
Tamil
Likilesh | லீகீலேஷ
Saraswati
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Indian
Prayer
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu, Satturn of Shani
ARGUMENT FROM-MORALITY
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ARGUMENT FROM-MORALITY
a.
Admitting of argument.
adv.
From; away; back or backward; -- now used only in opposition to the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See To and fro under To.
n.
Jesuitism; subtle argument.
v. t.
To add an augment to.
n.
The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.
v. i.
To make an argument; to argue.
n.
Proof; evidence.
n.
To provide with a form, as a hare. See Form, n., 9.
prep.
From.
n.
an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument.
n.
Matter for question; business in hand.
prep.
Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the occasion, out of which anything proceeds; -- the aritithesis and correlative of to; as, it, is one hundred miles from Boston to Springfield; he took his sword from his side; light proceeds from the sun; separate the coarse wool from the fine; men have all sprung from Adam, and often go from good to bad, and from bad to worse; the merit of an action depends on the principle from which it proceeds; men judge of facts from personal knowledge, or from testimony.
n.
A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative.
n.
A supporting plate having raised ribs that form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another or crosses it.
n.
The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.
n.
The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.
n.
A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.
v. t.
To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reeforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil.
v. i.
To take a form, definite shape, or arrangement; as, the infantry should form in column.