Is an Atheist Unjust? Theism vs. Atheism Debate in the Light of Moral and Epistemic Imperatives
In the article I reconstruct Karol Wojtylas argument against atheism. According to Wojtyla, an atheist is unjust because of not rendering absolute honour to God. In my opinion the argument is sound if one applies it to theists or negative atheists (but not to positive atheists) and if one presuppos...
| Published in: | European journal for philosophy of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2015]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Atheism controversy
/ Epistemologische Überzeugung
/ Idea of justice
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NCB Personal ethics |
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| Summary: | In the article I reconstruct Karol Wojtylas argument against atheism. According to Wojtyla, an atheist is unjust because of not rendering absolute honour to God. In my opinion the argument is sound if one applies it to theists or negative atheists (but not to positive atheists) and if one presupposes that there are moral obligations to only supposed persons. The argument meets some objections (amongst others, the problems of multiplying obligations and the inability of an atheist giving honour to God). A discussion of them leads me to an interpretation of the theism-atheism controversy as being the conflict of two imperatives: the imperative of justice and the imperative of evidence. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v7i1.131 |