In his Finite and Infinite Goods, Robert Adams structures the Abraham dilemma around the need to reject one of the following three jointly inconsistent claims： （1） If God commands me to do something, it is not mora...In his Finite and Infinite Goods, Robert Adams structures the Abraham dilemma around the need to reject one of the following three jointly inconsistent claims： （1） If God commands me to do something, it is not morally wrong for me to do it. （2） God commands me to kill my son. （3） It is morally wrong for me to kill my son. Accepting any two of these propositions necessitates denying the third. Adams rejects （2）, but presents weak arguments for doing so. I argue that Adam＇s ethical framework avails him of a stronger case for his rejecting （2） than what he presents.展开更多
Synthesizing the metaethical aspects of George Lakoff’s conception of Strict Father Morality(SFM)and Divine Command Theory(DCT)helps us to have a better understanding of the Trump phenomenon,US President Trump regula...Synthesizing the metaethical aspects of George Lakoff’s conception of Strict Father Morality(SFM)and Divine Command Theory(DCT)helps us to have a better understanding of the Trump phenomenon,US President Trump regularly deviating from accepted facts and his supporters having no problem with this practice.We misunderstand the situation if we presume that Trump5s mendacity and his supporters,credulity fully account for this situation.More specifically,I argue that the authoritarian thread that runs through SFM/DCT provides Trump with the justification,in his view as well as in the eyes of his supporters,to dictate the meaning of key concepts,for example,truth,fairness,and justice.As a result,when Trump says something that seems plainly false,I argue that we better understand the situation if we regard Trump as taking himself to be defining what the term in question means.This situation has far-reaching ramifications,from destabilizing the meaning of key moral terms to all issues becoming partisan issues to the loss of expertise.展开更多
文摘In his Finite and Infinite Goods, Robert Adams structures the Abraham dilemma around the need to reject one of the following three jointly inconsistent claims： （1） If God commands me to do something, it is not morally wrong for me to do it. （2） God commands me to kill my son. （3） It is morally wrong for me to kill my son. Accepting any two of these propositions necessitates denying the third. Adams rejects （2）, but presents weak arguments for doing so. I argue that Adam＇s ethical framework avails him of a stronger case for his rejecting （2） than what he presents.
文摘Synthesizing the metaethical aspects of George Lakoff’s conception of Strict Father Morality(SFM)and Divine Command Theory(DCT)helps us to have a better understanding of the Trump phenomenon,US President Trump regularly deviating from accepted facts and his supporters having no problem with this practice.We misunderstand the situation if we presume that Trump5s mendacity and his supporters,credulity fully account for this situation.More specifically,I argue that the authoritarian thread that runs through SFM/DCT provides Trump with the justification,in his view as well as in the eyes of his supporters,to dictate the meaning of key concepts,for example,truth,fairness,and justice.As a result,when Trump says something that seems plainly false,I argue that we better understand the situation if we regard Trump as taking himself to be defining what the term in question means.This situation has far-reaching ramifications,from destabilizing the meaning of key moral terms to all issues becoming partisan issues to the loss of expertise.
