Ethics 03 - Supernaturalism

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Suppose that hatred is evil and that God forbids it. Socrates would say that

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Suppose that hatred is evil and that God forbids it. Socrates would say that

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Here God forbids hatred because he knows that it's evil. His will doesn't make it evil. Instead, he wouldn't forbid it if it weren't already evil.

But then hatred is evil prior to and independently of God's will. It would presumably be evil even if there were no God.

This alternative involves giving up supernaturalism.

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Suppose that hatred is evil and that God forbids it. Socrates would say that

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Then hatred wouldn't be evil if God didn't forbid it.

On SN, things are neither good nor good prior to God's desires. Instead, God's will makes things good or bad. If God commanded hatred and not kindness, then hatred would be good instead of kindness.

This SN answer, while possible, seems to make ethics arbitrary.

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Suppose that hatred is evil and that God forbids it. Socrates would say that

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No, he would say just one.

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Suppose that hatred is evil and that God forbids it. Socrates would say that

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No, he would say one of these.

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