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Is God Necessary for Morality?

In the Arena: The Debates and Lectures of William Lane Craig

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Are Morally Good Actions Morally Pious?

Divine command theory would explain certain things about the objectivity of morality. Because god exists independently of human beings in their attitudes, his commands do too. We can be ignorant of god's will, and hence mistaken about what is morally good. The argument for this claim is an ancient one, due to plato.

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