Maitzen’s Objection from God’s Goodness
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چکیده
Stephen Maitzen argues that divine command metaethics must be mistaken because it is committed to the implausible assumption sentence ‘God (morally) good’ a tautology. In this article, I show charitable interpretation of R. M. Adams’ version not accept assumption. conclude Maitzen’s objection merely manages refute strawman metaethics.
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عنوان ژورنال: Sophia
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2183-8976', '2183-9468']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11841-021-00861-5