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moral argument
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Discuss the moral argument for the existence of God and assess the claim that the argument can be used to prove God's existence Morality, from the Latin "moralitas" meaning "proper behaviour", refers to a code of conduct held to be authoritative in matters of right and wrong. We as human beings are aware of actions as being right and wrong, obligatory and forbidden. In addition, such awareness carries with it the though that they are bound to do some things and bound to avoid doing others, i.e. if I make a promise, this creates an obligation to deliver whatever is promised. So where does this concept of morality come from? According to Dostoyevsky, "If there is no God, then everything is permissible." The moral arguments claim that God is the source of our morality, and they appeal to the existence of moral laws as evidence of...
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