Theodore Schick, Jr.

The 'Big Bang' Argument for the Existence of God (1998)

Some believe that evidence for the big bang is evidence for the existence of god. Who else, they ask, could have caused such a thing? In this paper, I evaluate the big bang argument, compare it with the traditional first-cause argument, and consider the relative plausibility of various natural explanations of the big bang.

Is Morality a Matter of Taste? (1998) (Off Site)

Why professional ethicists think that morality is not purely 'subjective.'

Moral Subjectivism Revisited (1998) by Keith Augustine

A rebuttal to Theodore Schick, Jr.'s "Is Morality a Matter of Taste?"

Morality Requires God ... or Does It? (1997) (Off Site)

Fundamentalists correctly perceive that universal moral standards are required for the proper functioning of society. But they erroneously believe that God is the only possible source of such standards. Philosophers as diverse as Plato, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, George Edward Moore, and John Rawls have demonstrated that it is possible to have a universal morality without God. Contrary to what the fundamentalists would have us believe, then, what our society really needs is not more religion but a richer notion of the nature of morality.