Objection · Case 05 · Relativism
The claim assumes objective moral duties are real, but the earlier evidence only showed that people act as if they are. Acting as if something is real isn’t evidence that it is.
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Response
The conditional wording (if objective moral duties are real) is deliberate; moral realism is not claimed as proven here. What is offered is that nearly everyone, including most moral philosophers, believes some things are really wrong, and that the person who denies it has to explain away that near-universal conviction. The Atheism case gives the survey data on philosophers’ views. Arguing from a premise most readers already accept is a legitimate way to argue, as long as the premise is stated, and here it is.
About this exhibit
This objection is to A transcendent moral source, the moral argument, as in William Lane Craig.
The theist says objective moral duties fit best if they rest on a moral reality beyond human beings, traditionally the character of God. William Lane Craig defends the common form in his essay “The…