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| 2609 | If God's decrees are good, and this is not a mere tautology, then goodness is separate from God's decrees |
| Full Idea: Theologians have always taught that God's decrees are good, and that this is not a mere tautology: it follows that goodness is logically independent of God's decrees. | |||
| From: Bertrand Russell (Human Society in Ethics and Politics [1954], p.48) |