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Since...Thanks for the very good discussion, folks. Since I have little to add to my previous, I took the theological stuff over to <A HREF="http://philosodude.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">my blog</A>, to which all are always invited.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again, and best to all.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1114092707223179072005-04-21T10:11:00.000-04:002005-04-21T10:11:00.000-04:00I'm 100% with you on that one, Bob.I'm 100% with you on that one, Bob.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1114084641741846082005-04-21T07:57:00.000-04:002005-04-21T07:57:00.000-04:00tvd -I'm not a biblical "scholar" either, but I am...tvd -<BR/>I'm not a biblical "scholar" either, but I am quite familiar with the book, and have a reasonably good understanding of the historical-theological context in which it was constructed. Job, by the way, is my favorite book -- which I interpret as an allegorical exploration of what later writers have called the "dark night of the soul."<BR/><BR/>The divine command theory of ethics, howeverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1114050861321066522005-04-20T22:34:00.000-04:002005-04-20T22:34:00.000-04:00The slaughter of the Canaanites by the nascent Isr...The slaughter of the Canaanites by the nascent Israel is indeed troubling.<BR/><BR/>"Theology does not invent with its method intellectual reflections that one can believe or not - in such a case the Christian faith would be entirely a product of our own thought and no different<BR/>from the philosophy of religion."---Benedictus XVI <I>nee</I> Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger<BR/><BR/>Ergo, it's a Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1114037316128165882005-04-20T18:48:00.000-04:002005-04-20T18:48:00.000-04:00The "classic" argument against the divine command ...The "classic" argument against the divine command theory is Plato's Euthyphro.<BR/>One of the neat things about the argument Plato puts in the mouth of Socrates is how it provides grounds to reject any supposed divinity who commands what even we mere mortals can rationally grasp is immoral (say, slaughtering a defeated enemy down to the last man, woman, child, even beasts). I'd rather die with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1114036862939055172005-04-20T18:41:00.000-04:002005-04-20T18:41:00.000-04:00Good question. Now we're beyond my area of expert...Good question. Now we're beyond my area of expertise, unfortunately. I'm inclinded to guess that you're right, though. In fact, I'm currently inclined to be sympathetic to those who are at least willing to put the burden of proof on those who would change the tradition, and for exactly the reason you mention. But I think we can carry that burden in many cases.<BR/><BR/>Somebody said that Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1114028120965772922005-04-20T16:15:00.000-04:002005-04-20T16:15:00.000-04:00FROM wmr:Re #5 above, would it be going too far to...FROM wmr:<BR/><BR/>Re #5 above, would it be going too far to say that a philosophically astute liberalism <I>requires</I> that supporters of a particular tradition be able to bring forward "rational, objective, and reasonably well-known reasons in support of the claim" that the tradition should not be altered? <BR/><BR/>Does an awareness of the possibility of unintended consequences Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1114004073686324952005-04-20T09:34:00.000-04:002005-04-20T09:34:00.000-04:00I couldn't agree more TB.Especially about the affi...I couldn't agree more TB.<BR/><BR/>Especially about the affinity between CMR and conservatism.<BR/><BR/>Conservatives often revere tradition, some of them to the point of making it constitutive of rightness. It is at least as plausible to accuse conservatives of being cultural moral relativists as it is to accuse liberals of it.<BR/><BR/>That's actually the subject of a fascinatin' upcoming postWinston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1114002222111778812005-04-20T09:03:00.000-04:002005-04-20T09:03:00.000-04:00Well, there are generally relativist arguments for...Well, there are generally relativist arguments for viewpoints that can be reasonably described as politically or culturally conservative. I think primarily of Alasdair Macintyre, whose views I sometimes lampoon (when I'm feeling particularly uncharitable) as "relativism is true, therefore we should all be Thomists." (there's obviously more to it than that; he has this whole thing about how moralAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1114000414612047062005-04-20T08:33:00.000-04:002005-04-20T08:33:00.000-04:00The internets are right on that one. Now somebody...The internets are right on that one. Now somebody needs to inform religious conservatives.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1113948013455840522005-04-19T18:00:00.000-04:002005-04-19T18:00:00.000-04:00What a theologian or philosopher might mean by "li...What a theologian or philosopher might mean by "liberal" and "conservative" is different from their common political use these days. The terms obscure more than they reveal; indeed they inflame.<BR/><BR/>"Divine Command" may be applicable to Jerry Falwell, but the internet tells me that <A HREF="http://trill.cis.fordham.edu/~gsas/philosophy/ethics/aquinas.htm" REL="nofollow">Thomas Aquinas Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com