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'Structures and Structuralism in Phil of Maths', 'Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals' and 'Summa Theologicae'
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question
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Divine law commands some things because they are good, while others are good because commanded [Aquinas]
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We can only know we should obey God if we already have moral standards for judging God [Kant, by MacIntyre]
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We judge God to be good by a priori standards of moral perfection [Kant]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / b. Ontological Proof critique
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We can't know God's essence, so his existence can't be self-evident for us [Aquinas]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / c. Moral Argument
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God is not proved by reason, but is a postulate of moral thinking [Kant, by Davies,B]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / a. Cosmological Proof
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If you assume that there must be a necessary being, you can't say which being has this quality [Kant on Aquinas]
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Way 1: the infinite chain of potential-to-actual movement has to have a first mover [Aquinas]
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Way 2: no effect without a cause, and this cannot go back to infinity, so there is First Cause [Aquinas]
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Way 3: contingent beings eventually vanish, so continuity needs a necessary being [Aquinas]
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Way 4: the source of all qualities is their maximum, so something (God) causes all perfections [Aquinas]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
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Way 5: mindless things act towards an obvious end, so there is an intelligent director [Aquinas]
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