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The aim is to examine how the existence of God supports moral realism and its implications in metaethics.

February 12, 2026Religions0 citationsOpen Access

The Relevance of God to Metaethics

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The aim is to examine how the existence of God supports moral realism and its implications in metaethics.
Analyzed the queerness problem related to objective moral facts without God.
Argued that God's existence solves the queerness problem.
Explored the authority aspect of God in relation to moral laws.
Without God, objective moral facts appear strange or queer.
The existence of God resolves the queerness problem by establishing authority in morality.
God's necessary authority aligns with the nature of moral facts, enhancing moral realism.

Abstract

I argue in this paper that moral realism is more likely to be true if God exists than if God does not exist. I will first argue that, without the existence of God, objective moral facts would be queer, but that the queerness problem is solved if God exists. I will then go on to argue that no being could be God unless that being has authority over all created rational beings just as morality does, which explains why the existence of God is relevant to metaethics.

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Luke Taylor (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698d6e3c5be6419ac0d53bfa https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/rel17020209

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