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The Battle Of Two Moral Standards
After finishing with defining our terms we look at ways in which those definitions play out in our worldviews. Here’s where the battle of two moral standards starts to interact and separate. Each side has a burden of proof since each side has a problem of evil.
Where the secular side wants to tout a focus on human flourishing, we look at a standard which isn’t grounded and a hard target to hit. We also look at the two strings of conclusions that stem from the secular worldview when it comes to morality. Either, morals are an illusion (moral nihilism) or there are objective moral standards in the world (moral realism). Which version has the better accounting of reality? And which side has the ability to ground their ideas in an objective way – if that is even possible?
We didn’t cover everything in this chapter and it’s why you should pick up the book and check out the ideas presented. Links below.
Timeline:
00:00 – Introduction
01:41 – Evil Is What Doesn’t Aid Human Flourishing
03:47 – Evil Is The Privation Of Good
06:14 – The Burden Of Proof For The Answer To Evil
07:32 – Secular Answer – Moral Nihilism Or Moral Realism
13:34 – Moral Realism Because The Other One Is Icky
21:13 – Moral Realism From The Christian Worldview
28:49 – Other Ideas From The Chapter
30:28 – Conclusion
The episode link is cavetothecross.com/ep144/
Books mentioned in this episode:
What about Evil? A Defense of God’s Sovereign Glory by Scott Christensen
Kindle – https://amzn.to/2UeV3tt
Hardcover – https://amzn.to/3xGsxP6
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