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Why there is no supernatural morality: response to Miller's opening statement
Author(s) -
Shermer Michael
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/nyas.13073
Subject(s) - miller , morality , skepticism , philosophy , humanity , aka , statement (logic) , natural (archaeology) , epistemology , environmental ethics , theology , history , ecology , archaeology , library science , computer science , biology
If one is going to argue that objective morality depends on an Archimedean point outside the natural world, then it would seem to imply that this source is necessarily supernatural . Thus, Christian Miller begins by defining precisely who he thinks this supernatural moral law giver is: the omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent creator of the universe who is still actively involved with human affairs—Elohim, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Allah—aka God. Already I'm skeptical.