New Book Published on Feser, Thomism, and Natural Law Theory of Ethics
I recently wrote the Foreword for a new book that takes a skeptical look at Edward Feser’s views, Thomism, and the Natural Law Theory of Ethics. The book is called The Unnecessary Science: A Critical Analysis of Natural Law Theory. Here is the final paragraph of the Foreword that I wrote for the book: In … New Book Published on Feser, Thomism, and Natural Law Theory of Ethics
The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 8: 2nd Argument for Changing Things
In his book When Skeptics Ask (hereafter: WSA), Norman Geisler presents his general version of a Thomist Cosmological Argument (hereafter: TCA). The first premise of Geisler’s TCA is this: 1. Finite, changing things exist. (WSA, p.18) Geisler provides a very brief argument in support of (1) in WSA. In Part 4 of this series I … The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 8: 2nd Argument for Changing Things
The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 7: 1st Argument for Changing Things
In his book When Skeptics Ask (hereafter: WSA), Norman Geisler presents his general version of a Thomist Cosmological Argument (hereafter: TCA). The first premise of Geisler’s TCA is this: 1. Finite, changing things exist. (WSA, p.18) Geisler provides a very brief argument in support of (1) in WSA. In Part 4 of this series I … The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 7: 1st Argument for Changing Things
The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 6: More on Something Exists
In his book When Skeptics Ask (hereafter: WSA), Norman Geisler presents his general version of a Thomist Cosmological Argument (hereafter: TCA). The first premise of Geisler’s TCA is this: 1. Finite, changing things exist. (WSA, p.18) Geisler provides a very brief argument in support of (1) in WSA. In Part 4 of this series I … The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 6: More on Something Exists
The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 5: Something Exists
Before I start an analysis and evaluation of Thomas Aquinas’s Unmoved Mover argument, I want to finish evaluating Norman Geisler’s Thomist Cosmological Argument (hereafter: TCA) in When Skeptics Ask (hereafter: WSA). In Part 4 of this series, I showed that the very brief argument Geisler gives in support of the first premise of TCA is … The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 5: Something Exists
The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 4: Finite Changing Things Exist?
In his book When Skeptics Ask (1990), Norman Geisler presents a Thomist Cosmological Argument for the existence of God (although he FAILED to conclude the argument with the claim that “God exists”!). I am now going to start evaluating the first premise of this argument: 1. Finite, changing things exist. (When Skeptics Ask, p. 18; hereafter: WSA.) … The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 4: Finite Changing Things Exist?
The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 3: Norman vs. Bradley
I’m having fun with critical examination of Norman Geisler’s Thomist cosmological argument in When Skeptics Ask. There is also a more detailed and in-depth presentation of this argument in Chapter 9 of Geisler’s much older book The Philosophy of Religion (1974). I previously thought that the first premise of his Thomist cosmological argument was obviously … The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 3: Norman vs. Bradley
The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 2: Geisler’s Thomist Argument
I plan to analyze and evaluate Ed Feser’s Aristotelian proof of the existence of God (in Five Proofs of the Existence of God). But first I want to analyze and evaluate Aquinas’s Unmoved Mover proof. And before I do that, I wanted to warm up by doing an analysis and evaluation of Peter Kreeft’s Unmoved-Mover … The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 2: Geisler’s Thomist Argument
Was Joshua’s Slaughter of the Canaanites Morally Justified? Part 11: Moral Warrant
CHILD SACRIFICE AS A MORAL JUSTIFICATION FOR MERCILESS SLAUGHTER In the previous post, I examined the following historical question: Did the all of the various peoples who were actually living in the towns of the Promised Land between 1350 and 1250 BCE regularly and frequently practice child sacrifice? I reviewed the first four pieces of evidence provided … Was Joshua’s Slaughter of the Canaanites Morally Justified? Part 11: Moral Warrant
Was Joshua’s Slaughter of the Canaanites Morally Justified? Part 10: Child Sacrifice
DEFENSE #1 FAILS Here are the defenses of Jehovah and Joshua to which I am replying: Joshua’s MERCILESS SLAUGHTER of the Canaanites (and Jehovah’s command to perform this slaughter) was MORALLY JUSTIFIED because: 1. The people in the Canaanite towns were given the chance to flee, before Joshua and the Israelites MERCILESSLY SLAUGHTERED men, women, … Was Joshua’s Slaughter of the Canaanites Morally Justified? Part 10: Child Sacrifice