Is God a Rule-consequentialist?

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چکیده

Prima facie, rule-consequentialism as a moral theory would correlate with the concerns of an omnibenevolent being should one exist. Indeed, such be divine, and under lenses three Abrahamic religions, inter alia, also omnipotent omniscient. In this paper, I consider attitude to in human society. argue, from probabilistic perspective, that evidence scripture confirms, degree, God judge sound different societies. similar argument secular perspective.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['1689-8311']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.2022.3697