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David Baggett

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David teaches philosophy in the graduate wing of the Rawlings School of Divinity at Liberty. He's authored or edited about a dozen books on topics ranging from philosophy and popular culture, American religious history, C. S. Lewis, philosophy of religion, ethics, and moral apologetics. He is also the executive editor of MoralApologetics.com.

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An Abductive Moral Argument (Part 6, The Full Abductive Case)

In this last post, let’s bring to bear all the pieces of the cumulative abductive moral argument we’ve mentioned in the previous posts. The list isn’t exhaustive, but we focused…

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An Abductive Moral Argument (Part 5, Moral Rationality)

The second dimension of Kantian moral faith is the issue of moral rationality. Is morality a fully rational enterprise? An important part of answering that question calls for an inquiry…

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An Abductive Moral Argument (Part 4, Moral Transformation)

Previous posts have touched on metaphysical and epistemic matters. Those are the real heart of the abductive moral argument, so far as I can see. But the nature of abductive…

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An Abductive Moral Argument (Part 3, Moral Knowledge)

The second dimension of the four-fold abductive moral argument on offer is moral knowledge. Moral truth is one thing, moral knowledge another. There are numerous ways to approach this matter;…

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An Abductive Moral Argument (Part 2, Moral Goodness)

The first set of moral phenomena in need of explanation are certain moral facts, among them moral goodness and moral duties. Recall that “objective moral values and duties” function at…

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An Abductive Moral Argument (Part 1, Introduction)

In a series of six blogs I intend to discuss the particular variant of the moral argument for God’s existence that I tend to favor. These entries will be brief,…

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