Date

8-24-2023

Department

Rawlings School of Divinity

Degree

Master of Arts in Christian Apologetics (MA)

Chair

Douglas K. Blount

Keywords

Morality, Christianity, Subjective, Objective, Abductive

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities

Abstract

This thesis begins by presenting questions on morality, its source, its means, as well as questions on which type of morality seems best for humanity. The thesis discusses subjective morality, objective morality, and the foundations for both subjective morality and objective morality. Further, some problems and some solutions are offered in discerning which type of morality ought to be lived. Through the portion related to subjective morality, relativism is intertwined and authors, like J. L. Mackie, Paul Brockelman, and Richard Rorty are mentioned. Later, an atheistic version of objective morality via Sam Harris’s The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values is compared to an objective morality through Christianity. Points from relevant authors regarding the source for objective morality, the atheistic version compared to a theistic version through Christianity, and related arguments are examined. The thesis concludes with which source for morality appears to be the best in this abductive argument.

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