tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post112478246487777988..comments2024-03-25T19:00:40.046-06:00Comments on The Constructive Curmudgeon: Book Review of "True to Life"Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-58069720947090235942012-11-16T06:25:51.665-07:002012-11-16T06:25:51.665-07:00"philosophers such as C.S. Lewis have argued ..."philosophers such as C.S. Lewis have argued that our knowledge of truth would be very unlikely if we were merely material beings who were not designed for that purpose in mind."<br /><br />That has always been a very weak argument.<br />It is obvious that an organism with true beliefs about what is good to eat, and what is poisonous will fare better than one with false beliefs. etc etc.1Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15540342141981143876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-47067660725647334882012-11-16T06:16:29.681-07:002012-11-16T06:16:29.681-07:00"while he affirms objective truths about huma..."while he affirms objective truths about human rights, Lynch has no explanation for where these rights come from. They are left unexplained, unanchored, and mysterious"<br /><br />One doesn't have to reify rights to respect them. If "right to life" means "don't murder", and "don't murder" is justifiable by the Golden Rule, or any number of other ways that don't reify rights, then the right is respected but not reified. And without incurring the Euthyphro problem, as in you preferred solution.1Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15540342141981143876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-54972490165769266732012-11-16T06:15:35.271-07:002012-11-16T06:15:35.271-07:00"while he affirms objective truths about huma..."while he affirms objective truths about human rights, Lynch has no explanation for where these rights come from. They are left unexplained, unanchored, and mysterious"<br /><br />One doens't have to reify rights to respect them. If "right to life" means "don't murder", and "don't murder" is justifiable by the Golden Rule, or any number of other ways that don't reify rights, then the right is respected but not reified. And without incurring the Euthyphro problem, as in you preferred solution.1Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15540342141981143876noreply@blogger.com