PHIL 347 Midterm Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers

PHIL 347 Midterm Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers Moral realism - there are both objective moral truths and objective moral fallacies Moral realism steps (1) no statement is true/false except objective reality makes it so (2) there are true moral statements (3) so, moral statements are made true or false by objective reality Kant on moral realism (1) it is rationally (morally necessary) to find perfect good, since happiness comes f. complete virtue (2) there is an obligation to attain what is possible to be attained (3) perfect good's goal is only possible if natural order/causality are parts of a greater moral order (4) moral order only possible if God is the source (5) so, there is a moral necessity to conclude God exists Euthyphro dilemma - does God will the good because it is good? OR - is it good because God wills it? Good because it is good - "the good" and "God" become indep. f. each other, so must be followed - problematic because "the good" itself is not divine Because God wills it - makes "the good" contingent on