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Answering a Moral Objection

Introduction             Morality is by and large a rather pressing concern for the many. The reason that this is the case is that morality is a part of everyday life and concern. For example, should I lie on my taxes, do I tell my wife that I decided to not remain committed to her, do children go and wreak havoc on the world, etc. These are things that go through people’s minds on a daily basis and are by no means limited to these questions only but anything that deals with how we interact with others and our own personal integrity of what is right and wrong. The goal in this discourse is to lay out a basic case or explanation of several facets of moral understanding such as moral facts, moral knowledge, moral transformation, and moral rationality. These points will be educational but the main concern here is to answer some objections to the moral knowledge question. In essence, how do we know about morality, if in fact, we can know it. Since this writing subscribes to a form of

On Truth

Contents Outline …………………………………………………………………………………………...iii Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………4 Epistemic Foundation of Truth …………………………………………………………………4             Foundational Understanding of Knowledge………………………………………………5             Religious Epistemology………………………………………...........................................9 Views of Truth …………………………………………………………………………………..13             Coherence View of Truth………………………………………………………………...13             Pragmatic View of Truth………………………………………………………………...16             Correspondence View of Truth…………………………………………………………..18 Experiential Truth ……………………………………………………………………………...22             Preferential Truths…..…………………………………………………………………...22             Universal Truths………………………………………………………………………….25             Universal Versus Preferential Truths…………………………………………………….27             Defending Truth………………………………………………………………………….30 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………………………34 Bibliography ……………………………………………………