Does a belief in God lead to moral cowardice?: The difference between courage of moral conviction and acquisition: Ives does a belief in God lead to moral cowardice?

Think 7 (20):57-68 (2008)
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In our seventh and final piece on the theme “Good without God”, Jonathan Ives argues that reliance on God as an external source of moral authority leads to a kind of moral cowardice.

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