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    The document discusses whether God is required for the existence of scientific laws and moral laws. It raises the Euthyphro dilemma about the arbitrariness of divine command theory. It also discusses skepticism about moral objectivism and examines arguments from Occam's razor that moral facts do not exist or require evidence. Objections are raised that Occam's razor can lead to absurd conclusions and that normative and moral facts do exist.

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    Phi 192 Discussion 2/24/12

    Is God required for the existence of scientific laws?


    o Is God required for the existence of normative laws? Is God required for the existence of moral laws?

    Euthyphro dilemma and arbitrariness


    o o Divine command theory Gods limits: do these include logical possibility? Do they extend to moral possibility?

    Skepticism, Science, and Moral Objectivism


    o o Occams Razor: Copernicus and Ptolemy The argument from Occams razor: 1) The only entities that exist are those that are needed to explain other entities. (Occams razor) 2) So, if moral facts exist, they must be needed to explain something. 3) If moral facts explain something, they explain either moral facts or non-moral facts. 4) Moral facts dont explain non-moral facts. (Bullet case, Hume) 5) Moral facts dont explain moral facts. (Question-begging) 6) So, moral facts dont explain anything. 7) So, moral facts dont exist. Strategy: reject Occams razor. 3 arguments: Occams razor leads to absurdity. (Bullet case) Moral facts are a variety of normative facts. Normative facts obviously exist. (Ex: warrant) The confirmation principle: a claim is true only if it is scientifically verifiable. This principle is self-refuting. Is this principle self-refuting? Do all claims require evidence? Can we have evidence for moral facts?

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