The Auckland Reason and Science Society have invited Matt to speak on Divine Command Theory at an upcoming meeting:
What: Divine Command Theory with Dr Matthew Flannagan
Date: Friday 4 February 2011
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: Auckland University – Room to be advised
From the Facebook event page:
“Venturing back into ethics and the philosophy of religion, we will discuss the topic of Divine Command Theory (DCT), which holds that ethics is grounded in God’s commands or will. This time we’ll be having a guest speaker, Dr. Matthew Flannagan, a Christian philosopher and blogger with expertise in theology and ethics. If you’re not familiar with the topic a little pre-reading could be helpful.”
The event is open to the public but please do RSVP on Facebook (if you have a Facebook account).
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
What books for you recommend as ‘pre-reading’? Will Matt be discussing the lack of agreement amongst Christians on ethical topics?
I don’t know what RSS recommends, but I would recommend Philip Quinn’s article here http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=mJSKMpfvENEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Blackwell+Guide+to+Ethical+Theory&source=bl&ots=UXG54mK
The room is Clock Tower 018 if anyone’s wondering
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