Discussing Plato's Euthyphro. Does morality have to be based on religion? Are good things good just because God says so, or (if there is a God) does God choose to approve of the things He does because he recognizes those things to be already good? Plato thinks the latter: if morality is to be truly non-arbitrary, then, like the laws of logic, it can't just be a contingent Continue Reading …
PREVIEW-Episode 46: Plato on Ethics & Religion
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L’Shanah Tovah – Jewish Proofs for the Existence of God (or Lack Thereof)
I think during the Mackie episode I mentioned that proving the existence of God through Reason seemed to me to be a decidely Western and Christian undertaking. I speculated that it wasn't an issue for Eastern religions (those that have a concept of God or gods) and declared that it wasn't one for Judaism. It occurs to me that I should stop speaking on behalf of the Continue Reading …