The Position of Omittoism in the Works of 10 Contemporary Philosophers

Abstract

This article situates Omittoism—a philosophical framework of jurisdictional sovereignty—within contemporary analytic philosophy. The article critically engages the work of ten major philosophers—including Stephen Law, A. John Simmons, Christine Korsgaard, Michael Huemer, Elizabeth Anderson, James P. Sterba, Erik Wielenberg, Mark C. Murphy, Wes Morriston, and Graham Oppy—to demonstrate how Omittoism's central theses stand in convergent, divergent, and dialectically productive relationships with the contemporary landscape. Unlike the ontological (existence) or theodicial (goodness) axes, Omittoism asks whether any entity possesses legitimate authority over rational agents without their consent. The paper argues that jurisdictional sovereignty is analytically independent of divine existence and develops the Cosmic Audit to evaluate divine governance by the standards of liberal political philosophy.

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Shamsaddin Amanov
Monash University

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