Keywords
God, atheistic naturalism, human rights
Abstract
Can people be good without believing in God? Obviously, yes. They can. Is atheistic naturalism capable of supplying a foundation for morality? That is a separate question, to which more than a few theists have answered No. However, a relatively new book by a very prominent student of religion and society suggests otherwise. A rational morality can, it argues, be founded upon atheistic naturalism — but it will necessarily be a modest and quite limited one, lacking universal scope and without a belief in human rights as objective “moral facts.”
Recommended Citation
Peterson, Daniel C.
(2021)
"If God Does Not Exist, Is Everything Permitted?,"
Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: Vol. 49, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/interpreter/vol49/iss1/3
