Goodness and Godness in Cosmic Agapism
This paper concerns itself with postulating the necessity of God for Good, in answer to the titular question posed in this edition: “Is an Ethics without God Possible?”. To achieve this end, I consider a specific pantheistic ethic centered on Murdochian love and evaluate a potential contradictory element to this brand of ethic, while also highlighting several important terminological considerations integral to the debate concerning objective moral realism. I tentatively provide a demonstration of moral goodness without a ‘capital G’ God while examining and demystifying the underpinning concepts of goodness and ‘Godness’ (the nature of God).
Authors
- Asha Lancaster‐Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7054-4842)
Institutions
- Classical and Traditional Medicine Academy (GE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Religions
- Published
- 2025-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16101238
- Primary Topic
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00