The Relevance of God to Metaethics
Abstract
I argue in this paper that moral realism is more likely to be true if God exists than if God does not exist. I will first argue that, without the existence of God, objective moral facts would be queer, but that the queerness problem is solved if God exists. I will then go on to argue that no being could be God unless that being has authority over all created rational beings just as morality does, which explains why the existence of God is relevant to metaethics.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Philosophical Ethics and Theory
Study and Philosophy of Religion
Ethics
Aesthetics
and Art
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Religions
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 209–209
- Publication date
- 10 February 2026
- Language
- EN