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William Lane Craig vs Shelly Kagan: Is God Necessary for Morality?

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

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The Problem of Socio-Cultural Relativism

"I think we would both agree that the objective existence of moral values and duties doesn't imply that these are always easy to do," he says. "It takes a while for civilization to work its way up to recognize moral truth, just like it took centuries until we recognized women count as much as men." He believes in evolution which implanted in us reasoning capacity to step back from beliefs at ground level or challenge them.

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