tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post2777427156711444518..comments2024-03-27T20:37:09.185-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Natural Law and the problem of contradictory moral normsAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-14267850814706067712019-04-11T09:33:33.874-05:002019-04-11T09:33:33.874-05:00Red: Or at least that some are only vacuouosly tru...Red: Or at least that some are only vacuouosly true and some non-vacuously.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-20694979977211754682019-04-10T13:11:39.248-05:002019-04-10T13:11:39.248-05:00Dr. Pruss, Do you hold to some non-vacuous truth t...Dr. Pruss, Do you hold to some non-vacuous truth theory of counter-possibles? <br />Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569340378356607760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-9637160295268449522019-04-10T12:37:34.211-05:002019-04-10T12:37:34.211-05:00Yes, but the 'per impossible' is not depen...Yes, but the 'per impossible' is not dependent on the existence of God. Walter Van den Ackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101735542155226072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-47222311556883695402019-04-10T10:40:53.792-05:002019-04-10T10:40:53.792-05:00The conditional might still be a true _per impossi...The conditional might still be a true _per impossibile_ conditional.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-55938698888634861932019-04-10T10:37:48.231-05:002019-04-10T10:37:48.231-05:00Alex
A theistic Natural Lawyer could say that it ...Alex<br /><br />A theistic Natural Lawyer could say that it would be contrary to God's goodness to instantiate such a nature because it is impossible for such a nature to be a good nature.<br />But in that case, "if our nature were to command torture of the innocent, then such torture would be morally required" is necessarily false, regardless whether God exists or not.<br />So, this doesn't belong in your collection.<br /><br />As to the first part of your post I agree that the absence of general moral contradictions would require some explanation. But I am not sure they are absent. I see lots of conflicts between mercy and justice, between impartial justice and favouring of kin, etc.Walter Van den Ackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101735542155226072noreply@blogger.com