Category Archives: Euthyphro Dilemma

Groothuis’ "Christian Apologetics" ch.15: The Moral Argument

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Maryann Spikes

Chapter 15 of Groothuis’ Christian Apologetics is on the Moral Argument, although it only briefly covers it in one of its sections. It covers much more ground as a nice introduction to Ethics, without going into specific theories (consequentialism, et cetera). Two … Continue reading →

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Dialogue with Tristan Vick on the Golden Rule

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Maryann Spikes

In this Euthyphro Dilemma thread I began a dialogue with Tristan Vick, which I continue in this Golden Rule thread, and bring to the top in the thread you are now reading. Tristan replies: With 1)God commands/reveals in accordance with … Continue reading →

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Dialogue on Euthyphro’s Dilemma with Tristan Vick and Mike D

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Maryann Spikes

Update 10/16: I’ve added my reply to the end of this post. Thanks. :) Backstory of this dialogue: 1. I posted the “Dear Euthyphro” meme on the Facebook page for Christian Apologetics Alliance. The meme reads: Dear Euthyphro, God … Continue reading →

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Dear Euthyphro meme

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Maryann Spikes

The Humean-Platonic tripartite (Ought-Is-Belief) theory of moral knowledge May 10, 2012Answering Jerry Coyne and Jason Thibodeau on the Euthyphro Dilemma October 29, 2011God (is) the Golden Rule (ought) without offending Hume April 10, 2011Natural law, divine command and Euthyphro’s dilemma resolved March 27, 2011Hume’s is-ought, Plato’s … Continue reading →

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The Humean-Platonic tripartite (Ought-Is-Belief) theory of (moral) knowledge

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Maryann Spikes

The Humean-Platonic tripartite (Ought-Is-Belief) theory of (moral) knowledge It is possible to blend Hume’s is-ought distinction (1) in Ethics with Plato’s justified-true-belief theory of knowledge. Simply put, whatever sort of beliefs one is talking about, including moral beliefs, they must be … Continue reading →

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Groothuis’ "Christian Apologetics" ch.6: Truth Defined and Defended

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Maryann Spikes

The apologetics study group LOVES this quote from Groothuis’ Christian Apologetics: “We may be entitled to our own opinions, but we are not entitled to our own facts.” p. 124 It’s actually a variant of a quote commonly attributed to Daniel Patrick … Continue reading →

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What being is described by a without-God good?

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Maryann Spikes

From a discussion in a Veritas forum: If you ask: To what does a real ought correspond? …or… What does a real ought describe? …you will notice that science will have as easy a time answering that as answering: What … Continue reading →

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Is-ought discussion with WLC

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Maryann Spikes

I had a discussion with Dr. Craig in a note I posted on Facebook, but I am deleting Facebook Sunday and the discussion was never resolved, so I am moving it to here. Hopefully he can reply here or in … Continue reading →

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Observations on the finale of Fringe

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Maryann Spikes

The Observer known as “September” So tonight was the (correction: fall) finale of Fringe, named Wallflower for an invisible man, but probably also calling attention to Peter taking a less active roll in this particular multiverse by making Lincoln more attractive to Olivia … Continue reading →

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Answering Stephen Law’s evil god argument

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Maryann Spikes

This is a reply to Stephen Law’s “evil god” argument he gave in his debate with William Lane Craig in October. I first posted a version of it in a comment to my blog post here, in reply to Jason … Continue reading →