We think to determine three things: whether something is true, whether something should be done, and whether something commands our appreciation. In other words, we think to know truth, goodness, and beauty. In each case, a judgment is made. A judgment is embodied in a decision and expressed in a proposition. When we know the […]
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I suppose it must be theoretically possible to create an ethic without God or a god, but historically in the west it’s been a problem. When Machiavelli developed the first utilitarian handbook on politics, that is to say, a book on politics that approached them without religion (except considered as a tool), he laid the
The great argument of the “new atheism,” as of most atheisms of the old stripe, seems to be that “you can’t prove the existence of God.” In other words, using the tools of science, you can’t prove the existence of something that transcends science. To think more clearly on the matter, it might be helpful
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