God and Moral Knowledge: In Reply to Professor Stanisław Judycki Cover Image

Bóg a wiedza moralna. W odpowiedzi Profesorowi Stanisławowi Judyckiemu
God and Moral Knowledge: In Reply to Professor Stanisław Judycki

Author(s): Artur Szutta
Subject(s): Philosophy, Epistemology
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: God; moral knowledge; argument from the inverted axiological spectrum; God’s commands; theism; moral skepticism; alternative theistic justification of our moral beliefs

Summary/Abstract: The paper is a response to Stanisław Judycki’s argument from the inverted axiological spectrum for the necessity of invoking Divine commands in the justification of our moral beliefs. It consists of three parts. In the first part, I present Judycki’s argument from the inverted axiological spectrum and his reference to God’s commands to justify our moral beliefs. In the second part, I formulate the objection that Judycki commits to the fallacy of circularity. In the third part, I offer an alternative theistic justification of our moral beliefs, according to which we can refer to God as the one who created us in a way that allows us to use a reliable faculty of moral cognition.

  • Issue Year: 72/2024
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 145-163
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish
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