A popular view of ethics holds that actions are right or wrong only if a person or a community believes that they are right or wrong, and that it is inappropriate to apply your own standards to others. This position is known as moral relativism. In this talk Matt will look at the common arguments for relativism, argue that relativism is a mistaken view of ethics and show how relativism fails.
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Dr Matthew Flannagan on Moral Relativism
May 29th, 2009 Comments Off on Dr Matthew Flannagan on Moral Relativism
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Video of Matthew Flannagan on Apologetics: Answering Objections to the Christian Faith
May 28th, 2009 6 Comments
Matt spoke at the Thinking Matters Auckland Launch on 8 March 2009 on Apologetics: Answering Objections to the Christian Faith. If you missed it or wish to see it again or if you have been thinking about attending a Thinking Matters seminar or booking Matt as a speaker and you are not sure if he […]
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Thinking Matters Winter Series: God, Morality and Society
May 1st, 2009 2 Comments
Want something to do on those wintery Tuesday nights? Thinking Matters Auckland has lined up a winter series addressing apologetic issues around God, Morality and Society. Dates, speakers and topics as follows: 12 May – Dr Glenn Peoples on “Religion in the Public Square” 26 May – Trevor Mander on “The Moral Cosmological Argument” 9 […]
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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.
