MORAL REALISM AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS: ANALYSING THE FOUNDATIONS OF ETHICAL NORMATIVITY IN THEISTIC TRADITIONS

Authors

  • Eleanor Brighton Department of Religious Studies, Yale University, USA.

Keywords:

Moral Realism (MR), Religious Beliefs (RB), Foundations (F), Ethical Normativity (EN), Theistic Traditions (TT)

Abstract

The aim of research is to determine moral Realism and religious Beliefs. Regardless of whether moral truths correspond to moral facts or characterise moral qualities, Peripatetics and moral constructivists, on the other hand, believe that moral truths are discovered via an analysis of the circumstances of practical reasoning and human interests. Moral constructivism's perspective on the existence of moral characteristics is similar to Mullā Ṣadrā's on the Platonic Form of the Good. Because he believed that universal conceptions should be reflected in the intellectual domain, Mullā Ṣadrā recognised the reality of the Platonic Forms. The research also determines the analysis of the foundations of ethical normativity in theistic traditions. However, the researcher did not think an appeal to the Forms could be utilised to overcome epistemological concerns concerning natural sorts. Similarly, constructivists and peripatetics might acknowledge a basic account of realism for moral facts and attributes while rejecting the idea that moral knowledge can be obtained by appealing to direct intuitions. Understanding human nature and using common sense are the foundations of moral knowledge that is not dependent on revelation.

Published

2024-09-07

How to Cite

Eleanor Brighton. 2024. “MORAL REALISM AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS: ANALYSING THE FOUNDATIONS OF ETHICAL NORMATIVITY IN THEISTIC TRADITIONS”. European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 16 (2):255-69. https://philosophy-of-religion.eu/index.php/ejpr/article/view/4447.

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Section

Research Articles