Good Without God? (CT Scan, Episode 61)

Let’s see how to think about arguments that say moral values evolved naturally, and require no lawgiver, God. Questions to ask include, “What are the foundations of moral standards, who defines what counts as ‘good,’ and why should we act according to those definitions?”

DIGGING DEEPER
• Morality topic: https://answersingenesis.org/morality/
• Foley, A. & Ham, K. (2016). Do Secularists Have a Foundation for Morality? https://answersingenesis.org/morality/do-secularists-have-foundation-morality/
• Viet, D. & Viet, K. (2011). The Source of Moral Absolutes. https://answersingenesis.org/morality/the-source-of-moral-absolutes/
• Purdom, G. & Lisle, J. (2009). Morality and the Irrationality of an Evolutionary Worldview. https://answersingenesis.org/morality/morality-and-the-irrationality-of-an-evolutionary-worldview/
• “Magnets Scramble Ability to Make Moral Judgements.” (2010). https://answersingenesis.org/morality/magnets-scramble-morality/
• Foley, A. (2017). Is Morality Determined by Its Popularity? https://answersingenesis.org/morality/is-morality-determined-by-its-popularity/

CITED REFERENCES
• Leff, A. A. (1979). Unspeakable ethics, unnatural law. Duke LJ, 1229.
• Coyne, J. (2017). Should one be allowed to euthanize severely deformed or doomed newborns? https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2017/07/13/should-one-be-allowed-to-euthanize-severely-deformed-or-doomed-newborns/
• Singler, P. (March 11, 2005). Pulling Back the Curtain on the Mercy Killing of Newborns. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-mar-11-oe-singer11-story.html
• National Assembly of France, “Declaration of the Rights of Man,” August 26, 1789, https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/rightsof.asp.
• Brannigan, A. (1998). Criminology and the Holocaust: Xenophobia, evolution, and genocide. Crime & Delinquency, 44(2), 257-276.
• Duntley, J. D., & Buss, D. M. (2004). The evolution of evil. The social psychology of good and evil, 102-123.
• McKibbin, W. F., Shackelford, T. K., Goetz, A. T., & Starratt, V. G. (2008). Why do men rape? An evolutionary psychological perspective. Review of General Psychology, 12(1), 86-97.
• Smith, E. O. (2009). Evolution, primates, and subaltern genocide. genocides by the oppressed: Subaltern genocide in theory and practice, 159-184.

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