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morality

Can Atheism Support Objective Morality?

October 13, 2022 by Randal

Theists often claim that atheism cannot support an objective view of morality. In this video, I challenge that conventional wisdom and explain how atheism can support both objective morality and an objectively meaningful life. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, metaethics, morality

Your Moral Character Resides Not Simply In What You’ve Done But In Who You Are

January 21, 2022 by Randal

As the saying goes, “there but for the grace of God go I.” People typically evaluate their moral standing based on what they’ve done. But that is a faulty measure because your standing rests ultimately not only on what you’ve done but on who you are. For example, you may never have betrayed a friend, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: counterfactuals, morality, virtue ethics

Morals, God, and Other Absolutes

June 12, 2020 by Randal

Part Three of my continuing conversation with Eric Murphy. This is a good one, folks!

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Eric Murphy, ethics, interview, metaethics, moral relativism, morality

Is Morality Objective or Subjective? A Debate

June 10, 2020 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, Modern Day Debate, moral objectivism, moral relativism, morality

Is Morality Objective or Subjective?

May 29, 2020 by Randal

Last week, I was on Eric Murphy’s show to talk about moral arguments for God’s existence. We didn’t get very far but we had a lot of fun doing it, so we tried again this week. And lo and behold, in the last two minutes, we finally got around to talking about God! The rest […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Eric Murphy, ethical objectivism, ethics, interview, moral objectivism, morality

Would you kill your child if God told you to?

December 20, 2018 by Randal

If God told you to kill your child as an act of faith, would you do it? — Tentative Apologist (@RandalRauser) December 20, 2018

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: divine command, ethics, faith, morality

Which sins are the most serious? And why?

October 12, 2018 by Randal

Which of the following dark revelations would most undermine your trust in a respected religious leader? 1. He had an affair.2. While a patron at a restaurant, he used a racial slur after becoming angry at the waiter.3. He is charged with tax evasion.4. All are equally bad. — Tentative Apologist (@RandalRauser) October 12, 2018 […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: character, ethics, leadership, morality

Does Objective Morality Need God? A Christian and Atheist Debate

February 2, 2018 by Randal

Last week I moderated a debate on morality and God between my main man from Dundee, Christian apologist Andy Bannister and atheist philosopher Howard Nye. I disagreed with Andy’s attempt to argue a necessary link between atheism and nihilism. I also don’t agree with his claim that objective ethics requires theism. That said, he was […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Andy Bannister, atheism, debate, ethics, Howard Nye, morality

Do atheists get their moral values from humanism?

September 18, 2017 by Randal

This morning I came across the following tweet from Counter Apologist: Humanism is where Seth & most of the atheist community gets our morals, and what Sargon has done runs way against ithttps://t.co/EJS4MtLT9J — Counter Apologist (@CounterApologis) September 18, 2017 I think this is mistaken. For the most part, it seems to me that atheists […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, Christianity, ethics, morality

What Christians (and everyone else) can learn from Peter Singer: A Review of The Most Good You Can Do

August 15, 2017 by Randal

Peter Singer. The Most Good You Can Do. Yale University Press, 2015. When I was a kid I once endured the indignity of traipsing door-to-door selling raffle tickets for my school. Most neighbors obligingly purchased a ticket for a prize they didn’t really want (an old donated car). But after listening to my sales pitch, one […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: effective altruism, ethics, morality, Peter Singer

Cultural Relativism: at least they meant well

May 24, 2017 by Randal

When I was in university twenty plus years ago, cultural relativism was very popular. The essence of cultural relativism is that ethical judgments (good and evil; right and wrong) can only be made from within cultural frameworks. The truth of various ethical judgments are constituted relative to the socially embedded practices in which they are made. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: cultural relativism, ethics, morality, philosophy

91. Andy Bannister on Atheism, Morality, and the Meaning of Life

April 13, 2016 by Randal

In his famous essay “A Free Man’s Worship,” Bertrand Russell describes the plight of our species in a godless universe with a haunting eloquence that ranks among the most memorable passages of twentieth century philosophy. As Russell puts it, man’s “origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome […]

Filed Under: Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Andy Bannister, atheism, Euthyphro dilemma, existentialism, God, meaning, morality, theism

The Popularity of Donald Trump as a spiritual exam of conservative Christianity

January 26, 2016 by Randal

While I’ve already blogged from the bandwagon of those appalled by Donald Trump’s popularity, I think it is worthwhile reflecting for a moment on Trump’s popularity among conservative Christians. In particular, it is worthwhile reflecting on that popularity as a spiritual exam which reveals how spiritually unhealthy large tracts of conservative Christianity are. The catalyst […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: conservative Christianity, Donald Trump, ethics, evangelicalism, morality

Ten things that are more disturbing than gay marriage

June 29, 2015 by Randal

Over the last couple days evangelical Christians (at least the ones I’ve been hearing) have expressed a lot of outrage over the US Supreme Court’s decision on gay marriage. With that in mind, I thought I’d offer a short list of ten things that seem to me to be more disturbing than gay marriage. Here […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, evangelicalism, gay marriage, morality

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