PHIL 1033 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: News, Omnipotence, Theism
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Alternative language : things are good because god says they are, god says that things are good because they are good. Socrates is arguing that if there is such a thing as goodness, it is not created by god, but is independent of god. If god exists, then god consults the independent standard when creating things. If god does not exist, then the independent standard still exists unaffected. *third thesis- (omitted option that socrates leaves out: goodness is a part of god"s nature, god is identical to goodness. *vii. a third unstated option: no independent standard, but goodness = god. That is, goodness is identical to god: some worries for this option, how does god tell that god is good, to say that god is good is supposed to be ampliative more than just saying god is. In space, looking down at earth : current events, what is actually valuable vs. what we think is valuable.