Epistemic humility, arguments from evil, and moral skepticism

Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion 2:17-57 (2009)
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Reprinted in Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology, Wadsworth, 2013, 6th edition, eds. Michael Rea and Louis Pojman. In this essay, I argue that the moral skepticism objection to what is badly named "skeptical theism" fails.

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Principia Ethica.G. E. Moore - 1903 - Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale 13 (3):7-9.
The Right and the Good.William David Ross - 1930 - International Journal of Ethics 41 (3):343-351.

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