Fairness and futility
William Lane Craig argues that both God and immortality are required for life to have meaning; life is futile without either of the two. I argue that combining William Lane Craig's arguments for the futility of life without God or immortality, together with a plausible amendment to his working...
| Published in: | International journal for philosophy of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2016
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International journal for philosophy of religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Craig, William Lane
B Futility B Fair play B God Proof B Immortality B meaning of life B God B William Lane Craig B Frustration B IMMORTALITY of the soul |
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| Summary: | William Lane Craig argues that both God and immortality are required for life to have meaning; life is futile without either of the two. I argue that combining William Lane Craig's arguments for the futility of life without God or immortality, together with a plausible amendment to his working definition of 'futility', entails the counterintuitive conclusion that life is futile if God does exist. Craig says that God must exist as a guarantor of ultimate justice, and that this ultimate 'fairness' is necessary for life to have meaning. I will argue that this ultimate 'fairness' entails that our lives are futile, since, given the existence of God, our actions are causally irrelevant to the achievement of the satisfaction of the 'Good'. This discussion serves to pinpoint a major flaw in Craig's reasoning: the claim that events of merely 'relative' significance do not have the potential to counter the futility of life. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-015-9519-0 |