'Can a Philosophical Justification of Ethics Be Autonomous While Acknowledging the Role of God in Grounding Moral Facts?'

Authors

  • Christoph Halbig University of Zurich

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v8i3.1688

Abstract

Autonomy and ethics are related to each other in complex ways. The paper starts by distinguishing and characterizing three basic dimensions of this relation. It proceeds by arguing for the compatibility of moral realism with a due respect for human autonomy. Nevertheless, supernaturalist moral realism seems to pose a special challenge for the autonomy of ethics as a self-standing normative realm. The paper ends with some considerations on the role of divine authority both in metaethics and in the general theory of value.

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Published

2016-09-23

How to Cite

Halbig, Christoph. 2016. β€œβ€™Can a Philosophical Justification of Ethics Be Autonomous While Acknowledging the Role of God in Grounding Moral Facts?’”. European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 8 (3):93-108. https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v8i3.1688.