Christian philosopher and blogger Dr Glenn Peoples is coming to Auckland to give a public talk entitled “Science and Morality: Is there a Naturalistic Basis of Moral Truth?” This talk will examine the claims of the new atheism, particularly the work of Sam Harris. Dr Peoples will ask, can the natural world tell us what is [...]
Entries Tagged as 'God and Morality'
Dr Glenn Peoples on Science and Morality, Sam Harris & the Claims of the New Atheism @ Auckland Uni
August 18th, 2010 6 Comments
Tags: Evangelical Union · Glenn Peoples · God and Morality · New Atheists · Sam Harris · Science and Religion · Thinking Matters
Bradley v Flannagan “Is God the Source of Morality? Is it Rational to Ground Right and Wrong in Commands Issued by God?” The Podcast
August 7th, 2010 5 Comments
On Monday 2 August at the University of Auckland Emeritus Professor of Philosophy Dr Raymond Bradley and Dr Matthew Flannagan (of this blog) debated the topic “Is God the Source of Morality? Is it rational to ground right and wrong in commands issued by God?” While the video is still being edited and formatted, Thinking Matters [...]
Tags: Debates · God and Morality · Matthew Flannagan · Podcast · Raymond Bradley · Thinking Matters
Matthew Flannagan’s Opening Statement: Bradley v Flannagan Debate
August 7th, 2010 10 Comments
On Monday 2 August at the University of Auckland Emeritus Professor of Philosophy Dr Raymond Bradley and Dr Matthew Flannagan (of this blog) debated the topic “Is God the Source of Morality? Is it rational to ground right and wrong in commands issued by God?” For the benefit of those who could not be there, who [...]
Tags: Alvin Plantinga · Canaanites · Capital Punishment · Chris Tucker · Debates · Divine Command Theory · God and Morality · J J Finkelstein · Joe M Sprinkle · K Lawson Younger · Nicholas Wolterstorff · Philip Quinn · Raymond Bradley · Raymond Westbrook · Robert Adams · Walter Kaiser
Raymond Bradley’s Opening Statement: Bradley v Flannagan Debate
August 5th, 2010 53 Comments
On Monday 2 August at the University of Auckland Emeritus Professor of Philosophy Dr Raymond Bradley and Dr Matthew Flannagan (of this blog) debated the topic “Is God the Source of Morality? Is it rational to ground right and wrong in commands issued by God?” For the benefit of those who could not be there, who [...]
Tags: Debates · God and Morality · Matthew Flannagan · Raymond Bradley · Robert Nola
SBL Annual Meeting: Navigating Old Testament Ethics
July 9th, 2010 2 Comments
Matt has been invited to participate in a panel discussion at the annual Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, which runs 20-23 November 2010. He will join leading Christian academics Paul Copan, Richard Hess and Randal Rauser in a segment entitled “Navigating Old Testament Ethics.” Matt’s contribution to the panel discussion [...]
Tags: Apologetics · Divine Command Theory · God and Morality · Paul Copan · Randal Rauser · Richard Hess · Society of Biblical Literature
EPS Apologetics Conference: God and the Genocide of the Canaanites
July 9th, 2010 7 Comments
Matt has been invited to speak at the annual Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS) Apologetics Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, USA which runs 18-20 November 2010. He will be speaking alongside some big names in contemporary Christian philosophy including Alvin Plantinga and William Lane Craig. Experience seasoned teaching by Alvin Plantinga, William Lane Craig, Gary Habermas, Greg [...]
Tags: Alvin Plantinga · Apologetics · Canaanites · Craig Blomberg · Craig Evans · Evangelical Philosophical Society · Frank Beckwith · Gary Habermas · God and Morality · Greg Koukl · Hermeneutics · Mike Licona · Paul Copan · Randy Newman · War Ethics · William Lane Craig
Contra Mundum: Secular Smoke Screens and Plato’s Euthyphro
March 2nd, 2010 32 Comments
In “Religion: A Barrier to Clear Thinking,” the final article in the award winning series of lay philosophy articles published in the Christchurch Press, Canterbury based Philosopher Simon Clarke addressed the question, “what is the biggest obstacle to thinking clearly about social and political issues?” Predictably he answered “Several answers suggested themselves but time and [...]
Tags: Contra Mundum · Euthyphro Dilemma · God and Morality · Investigate Magazine · Peter Geach · Plato · Simon Clarke · William Lane Craig
“My Ways are Not Your Ways” Notre Dame Conference
November 10th, 2009 1 Comment
In September this year, the centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame hosted a conference entitled “My Ways Are Not Your Ways”; the proceedings of the conference can be seen at the previous link and is a good resource. The theme of the conference, as outlined on Notre Dame’s webpage, is [...]
Tags: Faith and Reason · God and Morality · Notre Dame · Philosophy of Religion · Theology
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Infantile Religious Morality
September 24th, 2009 71 Comments
In “Why Traditional Theism Cannot Provide an Adequate Foundation for Morality” Walter Sinnott Armstrong criticises William Lane Craig’s contention that theism, if true, provides an adequate foundation for morality. Armstrong contends that Craig’s position is “incredible”[1] and subject to a “cavalcade of devastating objections.”[2] He goes on to conclude that his criticisms do not just [...]
Tags: Divine Command Theory · Ethics · God and Morality · Patrick Nowell Smith · Philosophy of Religion · Richard Mouw · Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Tekton E-Book: John Loftus’ Why I Became an Atheist Refuted Feat. MandM
September 17th, 2009 5 Comments
Tekton Education and Apologetics ministries have released an online book, John Loftus’ Why I Became an Atheist Refuted, as a special edition for their E-Block Online Journal. While most of the book is authored by J. P. Holding, Chapter 2 is not completely, Chapter 2: “The Christian Illusion of Rational and Moral Superiority” — Two [...]
Tags: Divine Command Theory · E-Book · God and Morality · John Loftus · JP Holding · Tekton Apologetics Ministries
