1.3. Moral Argument

• What is the first premise of the Moral Argument?

  Objective moral values exist
• What is an argument against the existence of objective moral values and duties?

  Morals are culturally relative
• What is a counter-argument to the premise that objective moral values originate from God?

  Moral laws emerge from reason
• What is a reason to believe that objective moral values originate from God?

  God ensures moral consistency
• God is the source of moral laws, ensuring divine authority
• The Moral Argument ties moral responsibility to divine judgment
• God is the sole guarantor of moral consistency in the Moral Argument


  True
• According to the Moral Argument, objective moral values originate from God.

  True
• The belief that God is the source of moral laws ensures their consistency
• The belief that God is the source of moral laws ensures consistency and divine authority
• Universal moral principles guide human behavior, suggesting the existence of objective morals
• Moral laws can only originate from divine sources

  False
• Universal moral principles support the existence of objective morals


  True
• Moral laws can emerge from human reason
• According to the Moral Argument, what role does God play in morality?

  Ensures moral consistency
• Moral laws can be grounded in secular philosophical frameworks


  True
• What cultural evidence is used to support the premise that objective moral values exist?

  Shared values across cultures
• Morals vary culturally, indicating they may be subjective
• Shared values across cultures suggest the existence of objective moral principles
• Arguments against objective morals suggest that morals are subjective
• Universal agreement on right and wrong across all cultures supports the subjectivity of morals.

  False
• Moral laws cannot emerge from naturalistic processes, according to the Moral Argument.

  False
• God's role in the Moral Argument ensures moral ambiguity.

  False
• Naturalistic processes can explain the origin of moral laws, according to counter-arguments against the Moral Argument.


  True
• God's moral laws provide consistency and a reliable basis for moral judgment.

  True
• The Moral Argument suggests that God is the source of moral laws
• Cultural variations in morals suggest they may be subjective
• What is the primary counter-argument to the existence of objective moral values?

  Morals vary culturally
• Key steps in the Moral Argument

  1️⃣ Objective moral values and duties exist

  2️⃣ These values and duties originate from God

  3️⃣ Therefore, God exists
• Universal moral principles suggest the existence of objective morals


  True
• Moral laws cannot originate from human reason

  False
• What do arguments for the existence of objective morals emphasize?

  Universal moral principles
• What suggests the existence of objective morals, according to the Moral Argument?

  Shared values across cultures
• Match the premise with its argument for and against:

  Objective Morals ↔️ Universal moral principles vs. Subjective cultural norms

  Morals from God ↔️ Divine authority vs. Naturalistic origins
• Moral responsibility in the Moral Argument is tied to divine judgment
• The counter-argument against God as the origin of morals proposes that moral laws can arise from human reason
• Moral intuitions, according to the Moral Argument, cannot be fully explained by natural processes
• What inherent human traits suggest a non-naturalistic origin of morals?

  Moral intuitions
• The Moral Argument posits that the existence of God can be inferred from the existence of objective moral values and duties
• Arrange the steps of the Moral Argument in logical order:

  1️⃣ Objective moral values and duties exist

  2️⃣ Objective moral values and duties originate from God

  3️⃣ God exists