This book describes the "naturalistic fallacy", as attributed to
Hume, that non-moral premises cannot logically entail a moral
conclusion, and distinguishes it from the similarly named though
subtly different fallacy identified by Moore in Principia Ethica by
comparing and contrasting its presence in a range of ethical or
moral systems. A review of Hume's position elicits the implications
to theological naturalism, and how this relates to Kierkegaard's
"paradox of faith" and the doctrine of ineffability. Methods of
logical examination of religious language are discussed, leading to
the dissection of the analytic proposition that 'God is Good' and
of the connotations of proper names. Porter concludes from this a
solution to the naturalistic fallacy: that "good" is essential to
"God" by definition, and therefore that premises relating to God
must contain an inherent morality. Originally published in 1968,
this book includes topics such as Mediaeval attitudes to deity and
morality; Religious myth, images and language; Comparative
conceptions of deity.
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