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The University of Colorado Theology Forum Presents
Divine Love and Moral Arbitrariness
Presented by
Professor Claudia Mills, University of Colorado at Boulder
When: Wednesday, November 17 at 315 PM
Where: UMC 245
Abstract
Since
Plato's Euthyphro, it has been problematic to try to provide a divine
justification for normative claims. For if something is good merely
because God loves it, then his love seems arbitrary and capricious
and so unworthy of moral allegiance; while if God loves something because
it is good, then he is responding to some independent standard of value
rather than providing such a standard himself. I argue that the first
possibility -- that something is good or valuable because God loves it --
becomes more plausible and appealing if we consider various ordinary and
everyday examples of ways in which love can confer value on the object
loved rather than responding to its prior loveability. This opens the way
to provide some (limited) role for God as a source and ground of value.
This talk is free and open to the public. Pizza will be
provided!
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