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Two Sorts of Natural Theology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Usually, natural theology is understood as the project of providing arguments for the existence of God. This project is endorsed by Moreland and Craig. McGrath, on the other hand, says that this project fails.
Jakobsen, Martin
core   +2 more sources

Truthmakers and modality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper attempts to locate, within an actualist ontology, truthmakers for modal truths: truths of the form or . In section 1 I motivate the demand for substantial truthmakers for modal truths.
Alan Ross Anderson   +25 more
core   +1 more source

An Analysis of the Relationship Between Allah Centeredness and Moral Disengagement in terms of Some Variables

open access: yesDarulfunun Ilahiyat, 2022
The study aimed primarily to examine the relationship between Allah centeredness and moral disengagement. The second aim of the study was to examine the relationship of both variables with demographic variables such as gender and, age, and marital and ...
Nurgül Bulut   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Lean not on your own understanding”: Belief that morality is founded on divine authority and non-utilitarian moral judgments [PDF]

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2013
Recent research has shown that religious individuals are much more resistant to utilitarian modes of thinking than their less religious counterparts, but the reason for this is not clear.
Jared Piazza, Justin F. Landy
doaj   +2 more sources

An African religious ethics and the Euthyphro problem

open access: yesActa Academica, 2017
Supposing that an African metaphysics grounded on the notion and/or value of vitality is true, can it do a better job in terms of informing an African religious ethics than its Western counterparts, specifically, the Divine Command theory (DCT)?
Motsamai Molefe
doaj   +3 more sources

Aquinas and Scotus on the Metaphysical Foundations of Morality

open access: yesReligions, 2019
This paper retraces some of the contrast between Aquinas and Scotus with respect to the metaphysical foundations of morality in order to highlight how subtle differences pertaining to the relationship between the divine will and the divine intellect can ...
J. Caleb Clanton, Kraig Martin
doaj   +1 more source

A Study and Explanation of the Theory of General Justice in the View of St. Thomas Aquinas [PDF]

open access: yesPizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī, 2020
General Justice is a virtue that leads people to the community order and goods through which they can achieve well-being. This article explains the theory of general justice from the perspective of Aquinas and examines the common good and its role as the
Abdollah Abedifar, Mohsen Javadi
doaj   +1 more source

The (Glg)ABCs of cyanobacteria: modelling of glycogen synthesis and functional divergence of glycogen synthases in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We reconstituted Synechocystis glycogen synthesis in vitro from purified enzymes and showed that two GlgA isoenzymes produce glycogen with different architectures: GlgA1 yields denser, highly branched glycogen, whereas GlgA2 synthesizes longer, less‐branched chains.
Kenric Lee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mediated Morality as a Middle Position in Understanding the Relation between God and Morality

open access: yesReligions, 2023
How should we understand the relation between God and morality? This article aims to address this question by constructing a theistic metaethical theory informed by postphenomenological mediation theory. According to postphenomenological mediation theory,
Amund Tobias Måge Areklett   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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