On Gellman's Attempted Rescue

European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 2 (1):193 - 198 (2010)
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Abstract

In "Ordinary Morality Implies Atheism" (2009), I argued that traditional theism threatens ordinary morality by relieving us of any moral obligation to prevent horrific suffering by innocent people even when we easily can. In the current issue of this journal, Jerome Gellman attempts to rescue that moral obligation from my charge that theism destroys it. In this reply, I argue that his attempted rescue fails

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Atheism and the Basis of Morality.Stephen Maitzen - 2013 - In A. W. Musschenga & Anton van Harskamp (eds.), What Makes Us Moral? Springer. pp. 257-269.
Ordinary morality does not imply atheism.T. Ryan Byerly - 2018 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 83 (1):85-96.

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The Problem of Evil.Eleonore Stump - 1985 - Faith and Philosophy 2 (4):392-423.
On God, Suffering and Theodical Individualism.Jerome Gellman - 2010 - European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 2 (1):187 - 191.

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