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| Ability to do anything that power can do |
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| God exists in the past, God exists in the future |
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| God is a person, thinking, intelligent being that can recognize itself in different places and times |
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| God must exist, God can't not exist |
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4.Therefore, a first cause exists outside the observable world.
5.That first cause is God |
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| Why does the first cause HAVE to be God? Why do any of the properties of the first cause have anything to do with God? |
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| X is the same person as Y |
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| X is the same person as Y if and only if X and Y have the same soul |
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| T/F Sameness of characteristics means sameness of substance. |
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| X is the same person as Y if and only if Y can remember experiencing X's experiences |
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| What is a christian? (moral sense) |
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| A person who chooses to live a morally good life |
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| What is a christian? (religious, Theological sense) |
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| Belief in God and immortality and belief that Christ is the best of all men |
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1.Every event in the observable world is caused by some event prior to it.
2.Either the series is infinite or the series of causes goes back to a first cause which is itself uncaused.
3.But an infinite series of causes is impossible.
4.Therefore, a first cause exists outside the observable world.
5.That first cause is God
6.Therefore (probably) God exists |
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Individualist(Egoist)
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Psychological- no altruistic actions
Normative- Act is right if and only if it promotes best interest |
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Philosophical- Only material things exist
Loose and popular- The only worthwhile human persuits are for material goods and comforts |
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Psychological- pleasure is the only thing humans desire
Normative- Pleasure is the only thing intrinsically valuable |
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| The Categorical Imperative |
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| Act only according to the maxim by which you can at the same time will is should be come universal law |
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| We always act by our strongest desire |
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1.God, by definition, is that being that is absolutely perfect
2.It is more perfect to exist than not to exist
3.Therefore to conceive of God, it is necessarily to conceive of him as existing
4.Therefore, to say that God does not exist is to contradict oneself
5.Therefore the sentence “God exists” is necessarily true |
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| Ontological argument: Criticisms |
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| Existence is not a predicate |
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| Teleological(Design) Argument |
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1.If you found a watch on a mountain path, you would deduce from the functioning of the watch that it was designed to serve a purpose and that there had to be an intelligent designer.
2.But nature is even more marvelous in its intricacies.
3.Therefore, probably nature is designed to serve a purpose and therefore there must be an intelligent designer.
4.And that designer is God |
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| Darwin: the appearance of design can be explained naturalistically |
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| Either God is not omnipotent or God is not good. In either case, God, as traditionally understood, does not exist. |
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| Is Evil necessary for good? |
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Some evils are necessary for some goods. Evil cannot exist without good
EX. Hitler |
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| Only the material world exists |
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| The capacity to feel pain or pleasure |
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| Mill's response to "Utilitarianism is worthy only of swine b/c it is a hedonistic theory" |
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| Not pig philosophy b/c you separate high pleasure from low. Moderation can be observed while still persuing pleasure. |
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| No value or set of values should be universally recommended |
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| Why is lying bad for KANT? |
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| B/c the maxim of "always lie" can't be universalized w/o contradiction |
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| Act is right if and only if it promote the greatest amount of pleasure for the greatest amount of sentient creatures |
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| All knowledge is derive from experience |
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| Investigating the nature and origin of knowledge |
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| systematic account of existence |
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| The body is material and mind is immaterial and they are both substances |
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