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Single Idea 1458

[filed under theme 28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / c. Moral Argument ]

Full Idea

Absolutely reasonable or unreasonable conduct could not exist in a world which was not itself the product of reason or governed by its dictates.

Gist of Idea

Conduct is only reasonable or unreasonable if the world is governed by reason

Source

Hastings Rashdall (Theory of Good and Evil [1907], II.III.I.4)

Book Ref

'The Existence of God', ed/tr. Hick,John [Macmillan 1964], p.148