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  2. The Right and the Good - Wikipedia

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    The Right and the Good is a 1930 book by the Scottish philosopher David Ross.In it, Ross develops a deontological pluralism based on prima facie duties.Ross defends a realist position about morality and an intuitionist position about moral knowledge.

  3. God - Wikipedia

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    God is often conceived as the greatest entity in existence. [1] God is often believed to be the cause of all things and so is seen as the creator, sustainer, and ruler of the universe. God is often thought of as incorporeal and independent of the material creation, [1] [5] [6] while pantheism holds that God is the

  4. Sovereignty of God in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    According to these definitions, God's sovereignty in Christianity can be defined as the right of God to exercise his ruling power over his creation. The way in which God exercises his power is subject to differing views. Calvinists typically view this exercise as an inherent aspect of the broader concept of sovereignty. [4]

  5. Euthyphro dilemma - Wikipedia

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    The first horn of the dilemma (i.e. that which is right is commanded by God because it is right) goes by a variety of names, including intellectualism, rationalism, realism, naturalism, and objectivism. Roughly, it is the view that there are independent moral standards: some actions are right or wrong in themselves, independent of God's commands.

  6. Divine command theory - Wikipedia

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    The description of actions as right or wrong are therefore relevant to God; a person's sense of what is right or wrong corresponds to God's. [24] We would not know goodness without God's endowing us with a moral constitution. We have rights, dignity, freedom, and responsibility because God has designed us this way.

  7. Existence of God - Wikipedia

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    1. Suppose God is defined by the properties of being all-powerful, all-knowing, and perfectly good. 2. If God is all-powerful, then he can prevent evil from occurring. 3. If God is all-knowing, then he knows where evil exists and knows how to eliminate evil. 4. If God is perfectly good, then he would want to prevent evil from occurring. 5. Evil ...

  8. Conceptions of God - Wikipedia

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    The Abrahamic God in this sense is the conception of God that remains a common attribute of all three traditions. God is conceived of as eternal, omnipotent, omniscient and as the creator of the universe. God is further held to have the properties of holiness, justice, omnibenevolence and omnipresence.

  9. Form of the Good - Wikipedia

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    The Form of the Good, or more literally translated "the Idea of the Good" (ἡ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ἰδέα [a]), is a concept in the philosophy of Plato.In Plato's Theory of Forms, in which Forms are defined as perfect, eternal, and changeless concepts existing outside space and time, the Form of the Good is the mysterious highest Form and the source of all the other Forms.