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Morality and Belief in God
6 minutes
"A morality based on belief in God is very different from a morality that is not based on belief in God,
"and the root of that difference is the belief in whether there is a purpose or goal in the existence of the universe
"and particularly whether there is any goal for human beings.
"Is there a way human beings ought to live whatever they think?
"Is there a goal that is proper for them and possible for them to aim at whatever they think.
"A non-theistic morality cannot say there is such a goal."
Keith Ward
6 minutes
"A morality based on belief in God is very different from a morality that is not based on belief in God,
"and the root of that difference is the belief in whether there is a purpose or goal in the existence of the universe
"and particularly whether there is any goal for human beings.
"Is there a way human beings ought to live whatever they think?
"Is there a goal that is proper for them and possible for them to aim at whatever they think.
"A non-theistic morality cannot say there is such a goal."
Keith Ward
"I am, by nature and conviction, an Idealist philosopher, somebody who believes in the supremacy of Spirit or Mind, and who thinks that the material universe is an expression or creation of a Supreme Mind. I see religions as very ambiguous but probably necessary ways of giving humans some awareness of this Supreme Mind. I am a Christian, and became a priest of the Church of England in 1972. But I have an interest in the many diverse ways in which humans have sought spiritual truth, and in trying to understand what these various paths may have to teach. I think the main task for religious believers today is to ensure that their beliefs are conducive to human flourishing and, so far as is possible, to the flourishing of all sentient beings; to relate ancient religious beliefs to the modern scientific world view; and to see their own faith in a truly global context."
https://www.keithward.org.uk/about/
Keith Ward, FBA (born 22 August 1938) is a British philosopher, theologian, priest and scholar. He is a fellow of the British Academy and a priest of the Church of England. He was a canon of Christ Church, Oxford until 2003. Comparative theology and the relationship between science and religion are two of his main topics of interest. He was Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford from 1991 to 2004.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Ward
Questions
Is belief in God or in a Transcendent Spiritual Reality a necessary condition for a universal and universally binding morality?
Is non-theistic morality anything more than temporary ad hoc moral agreement susceptible to the changing whims of time and place?
Is belief in God or in a Transcendent Spiritual Reality a necessary condition for a universal and universally binding morality?
Is non-theistic morality anything more than temporary ad hoc moral agreement susceptible to the changing whims of time and place?
NB
This thread is a spinoff from gfm7175's currently active thread
Does Objective Morality Exist? & The Moral Argument
https://www.debatepolitics.com/beli...exist-and-and-moral-argument-w-222-829-a.html
Professor Keith Ward is the keynote speaker (post#202) in Angel's currently active thread
Understanding Religion
https://www.debatepolitics.com/beliefs-and-skepticism/322293-understanding-religion.html
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