I Have A Dream
God designed the world, with built in values and purposes. Moral laws or Natural laws both describe and prescribe the way things should be. For example good equals moral or natural and bad equals unnatural. Moral laws or natural laws are reason and rationality. These three beliefs are known as the Natural Law Theory (NLT). NLT avoids Plato’s Dilemma because is doesn’t make morality independent of God and God made human rational beings so they can make the important decisions themselves.
There are two objections to the NLT. The first is from explanations from science. According to scientific research, human evolve and adapt through natural selection. Therefore, Science does not find built in value and purposes. The second is the fact and value problem. Facts and values are logically distinct; they are not the same thing. For example, I will present you with two premises and a conclusion of fact, but it exists errors. Fred enjoys causing pain to little babies. Fred is torturing a little baby. Therefore, Fred is having fun. Both premises are true; therefore we must accept the conclusion. There is an error in this statement. Majority of people would be disgusted and enraged by Fred’s action. The implied premises that we can add is, Fred is hideously evil and Fred is bad. Though the premises may be true, there is an error in the conclusion. There exist moral right and wrongs, and Fred is not following those moral values, even though it is a fact. In turn, proving that fact and value is not the same thing.
Herodotus wrote The History during the 7th century BCE, in which he studied the Callatian people that lived in India. These Callatian people had funerary practices that shocked Herodotus. The Callatian people eat the flesh of their dead family members. They believe by eating their fleshes, their dead family member will forever remain inside of them spiritually. Meta-Ethical, Normative and Descriptive are the three sub point...
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