Majesty of Reason Philosophy Podcast

Intellectual Conservatism recently held a discussion criticizing existential inertia. I don't think their criticisms work. In this two-part series, I explain why.  Existential Inertia Defended, Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dG1H...   A User's Guide to Existential Inertia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr44d...   Intellectual Conservatism's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQJgV... Link to my IJPR paper: https://rdcu.be/b6HXP   My book: https://www.amazon.com/Majesty-Reason...   My website: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/

Intellectual Conservatism recently held a discussion criticizing existential inertia. I don't think any of their criticisms work. In this two-part series, I explain why.   Part 1 covers the first 75 minutes of their discussion. Part 2 covers the second 75 minutes of their discussion and should be posted within the next week (or so). In part 2, I examine Christopher's criticisms, the distinction between essence and existence, and much more.   Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQJgV...   Link to my IJPR paper: https://rdcu.be/b6HXP   Check out this lovely interview I just did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHG11...   My book: https://www.amazon.com/Majesty-Reason...   My website: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/

Does classical theism entail that gratitude to God is unfitting or inappropriate? I’m joined by Dr. Marcus Hunt to discuss this very question in connection to his recent article published in IJPR.   Argument Outline   (1) If someone cannot be benefited, then they cannot be a fitting target of prepositional gratitude.  (2) The God of classical theism cannot be benefited.  Therefore,  (3) The God of classical theism cannot be a fitting target of prepositional gratitude. For premise (1):   Step 1: A necessary condition for prepositional gratitude is a desire to benefit one’s benefactor.  Step 2: A desire to benefit a benefactor is fitting only if it is metaphysically possible for the benefactor to be benefited.   For premise (2):   Step 1: Classical theism (in particular, divine impassibility) entails that God is perfectly blessed.  Step 2: If God is perfectly blessed, then nothing could possibly benefit God -- God has all possible benefits necessarily and ‘already’ (as it were).   Curious to learn more about this argument?  Check out his IJPR paper:  (1) https://link.springer.com/content/pdf... OR (2) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tETh...    Marcus’s link: https://philpeople.org/profiles/marcu...   My book: https://www.amazon.com/Majesty-Reason... My website: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/

What is existential inertia? What are some metaphysical accounts of existential inertia? And where should you go to learn further about it? Buckle up for discussion of these questions and more.   Want to read my IJPR paper, "Existential inertia and the Aristotelian proof"?  Check out these links:   (1) https://link.springer.com/article/10....   (2) https://rdcu.be/b6HXP     My book: https://www.amazon.com/Majesty-Reason...   My website: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/

Today I'm joined by John DeRosa, host of the Classical Theism podcast, to discuss methods for productive and loving dialogue across ideological barriers.   Curious about what's to come on my channel in the next 6(ish) weeks? Here's a preview:   - Discussing a new argument against divine impassibility with the author of a recent IJPR article  - Discussing an argument from the PSR against classical theism with Chad McIntosh  - Aquinas's First Way (lecture video)  - Aquinas's Third Way (lecture video)  - A User's Guide to Existential Inertia (lecture video)  - And more...    John's link: http://www.classicaltheism.com/   My book: https://www.amazon.com/Majesty-Reason...   My website: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/

God, let’s talk about your feelings. Today I chat with Dr. Ryan Mullins about his new book “God and Emotion” with Cambridge University Press.   Among many other things, we discuss: What is divine impassibility, and what are the arguments for and against it? And what are emotions? Does God empathize with us? Can God suffer along with us?   Video Outline:   0. Introducing the book  1. Chapter One: Emotions  2. Chapter Two: The Impassible God  3. Chapter Three: The Passible God  4. Chapter Four: The Love of God  5. Chapter Five: The Wrath of God and Other Moral Judgments  6. Chapter Six: Divine Empathy and the Problem of Creepy Emotions  7. The Problem of Arbitrary Creation for Impassibility   Link to the book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/elemen...    Ryan’s paper “Can the Impassible God Suffer?”: https://philpapers.org/rec/MULWCT    Ryan's paper "The Problem of Arbitrary Creation for Impassibility": https://www.degruyter.com/view/journa...     Ryan's website & podcast: https://www.rtmullins.com/   My website: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/   My book: https://www.amazon.com/Majesty-Reason...

What are the norms governing sexual behavior? Is sex outside of marriage wrong? What about homosexuality? Hear two professional ethicists discuss these questions and others, arising from the Natural Law tradition in ethics.   Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydrtF...    Dustin's link: http://dustincrummett.com/   Brian's link: http://bbesong.weebly.com/   My website: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/   My book: https://www.amazon.com/Majesty-Reason...

Is divine simplicity compatible with there being one God in three persons? Buckle up for a very illuminating exchange. Rob's relational qua-object paper: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/fb2c. Ryan's three papers on Trinitarianism: (1) https://www.academia.edu/31860370/Has...   (2) https://ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/th...   (3) https://www.academia.edu/1971708/Divi... Rob's website: http://robkoons.net/ Ryan's website: https://www.rtmullins.com/ My website: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/ My book: https://www.amazon.com/Majesty-Reason...

Trent Horn recently claimed he had 'demonstrations' of God's existence that are relevantly analogous to 'ironclad' proofs. In this video, I argue that this is straightforwardly false.   Link to my debate with Randal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68Fxt...   My website: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/   My book: https://www.amazon.com/Majesty-Reason...    SPECIAL THANKS to Dr. Alex Malpass, to whom credit goes for the 'respecting consistency' point concerning modal patchwork principles.   If Trent sees this video, consider this an open invitation to a discussion between the two of us! (Whether on my channel or Trent's or what have you). :)   Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PF1J...

Why am I agnostic with respect to God's existence? Buckle up for one of my favorite videos made thus far. Here are some important resources I mentioned in the video, as well as some others:   Leon on Six Dozen (or so): https://exapologist.blogspot.com/2019...   Leon's Assessment of Arguments for Theism: http://exapologist.blogspot.com/p/ind...   Lowder on Arguments for Naturalism: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/secular...   Mullins on panentheism and models of God: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf...   God, Geography, and Justice: https://philpapers.org/rec/LINGGA    Two useful websites/blogs are Infidels.org and Philosophical Disquisitions blog   CORRECTION: Klaas Kraay is a *theist*, not a non-theist. Whoops! :)   My book: https://www.amazon.com/Majesty-Reason...   My website: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/