Glenn Peoples
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Robert Merrihew Adams, Finite and Infinite Goods: A Framework for Ethics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002)
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Adams, "Moral Arguments for Theism", in The Virtue of Faith and Other Essays in Philosophical Theology (New York: Oxford University Press), 144–163.
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David Baggett and Jerry Walls, Good God: The Theistic Foundations of Morality (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011) C. Steven Evans, God and Moral Obligation (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013)
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John Hare, God and Morality: A Philosophical History (Oxford: Blackwell, 2007)
- M. Linville, "The Moral Argument", in W. L. Craig and J. P. Mooreland (eds.) The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology (West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009)
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Alvin Plantinga, Warranted Christian Belief (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), now available as a free ebook via Christian Classics Ethereal Library
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John M. Rist, Real Ethics: Reconsidering the Foundations of Morality (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002)
- Phillip Quinn, Divine Commands and Moral Requirements (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978)
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Quinn, "Divine Command Ethics: A Causal Theory", in Janine Idziak (ed.) Divine Command Morality: Historical and Contemporary Readings (New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1979), 305–325.
Other items mentioned in / relevant to the conversation
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Flight of the Conchords (Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Conchords)
- David Baggett, God and Cosmos: Moral Truth and Human Meaning (New York: Oxford University Press, 1st edn. 2016)
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A. J. Ayer, Language, Truth and Logic (Dover Publications, 2nd edn., 1952)
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J. L. Mackie, The Miracle of Theism: Arguments For and Against the Existence of God (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983)
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Michael Ruse, "Evolutionary Theory and Christian Ethics", in The Darwinian Paradigm (London: Routledge, 1989), pp. 262, 268-9
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The "Euthyphro dilemma" (Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthyphro_dilemma)
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William Lane Craig Vs. Shelley Kagan, "Is God Necessary for Morality?" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RbfIMudPaA)
- William Lane Craig Vs. Richard Taylor, "Is the Basis of Morality Natural or Supernatural?" (http://www.reasonablefaith.org/is-the-basis-of-morality-natural-or-supernatural-the-craig-taylor-debate)
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Justin P. McBrayer, "Why Our Children Don't Think There Are Moral Facts", The New York Times, Opinion Pages (2 March 2015)
Acknowledgements
Podcast theme music, Chillout Me, kindly provided by Antony Raijekov, from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5)
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