Religion

What are the moral implications of God’s existence? Please explain your answer. 

Without an ultimate good, morality would not exist. Without God, we would have no clear way to decide what is right or wrong. The idea of an ultimate good gives us a foundation for moral decisions; without it, life would lack meaning and purpose. 

 

 

Please explain the Euthyphro Dilemma. 

If God wills an evil action, that makes the evil action good which is false. 

If goodness is outside of God, then God cannot be God, it's something he did not create. 

God is goodness itself  

Did God create evil? Please explain your answer. 

No god did not create evil because evil is just the absence of goodness. Evil is also the absence of existence.  

What is conscience? 

An Internal moral guide 

What is Natural Law? 

Moral law known by reason  

How do cultures that initially appear to contradict Natural Law (i.e., the inuits) actually support the idea of Natural Law? 

The inuits have a different actions of natural law, some people may see some actions the inuits make evil and poor like pushing old folks on ice and just making them disappear, the inuits see this as a way of saving recourses and it shows that they care for their people.  The inuits are trying to uphold natural law because they care for society, but some people may not see it in this way. 

. Please explain the following quote from St. Augustine: “You were more inward to me than my most inward part...” 

He is closer to us than we are to ourselves, so he knows what's best for us.

What do the Ten Commandments have to do with forming our conscience? 

Ten commandments make natural law easier to understand (forms and properly structures our conscience)