Philosophy A-Level
The source of moral goodness
What The source of moral goodness means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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What goodness depends on; if goodness is independent of God's commands, God is not this and appears subject to a standard beyond himself.
Topics that use The source of moral goodness
- The concept and nature of 'God' (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Arbitrariness of morality
- God's relationship to time
- Omnipotence
- Responses grounding goodness in God's nature
- The meaning(s) of the attributes
- Timelessness (eternity)
- Arguments for incoherence
- Divine command theory
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