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What Evidence Can I Give for Objective Morality?

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What Evidence Can I Give for Objective Morality?

June 23, 2025
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Questions about how to respond to someone who’s asking for evidence for objective morality, what to say to atheists who counter the moral argument for God by rejecting the necessity of objective morality, and the definition of intuition.  

* An atheist who’s debating me about objective morality ignores what I say about our just knowing it deep inside and keeps pressing me for evidence. What should I do?

* What should I say to atheists who counter the moral argument for God by rejecting the necessity of objective morality?

* What is intuition?

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