Tag: ontology

  • Ode On An Objectively Beautiful Grecian Urn

    Ode On An Objectively Beautiful Grecian Urn

    One of the standard arguments for the existence of God is the Moral Argument. It can be formulated like this:

    1. If God does not exist, objective moral values do not exist.
    2. Objective moral values do exist.
    3. Therefore, God exists.

    There’s a similar argument for God that can be made in terms of objective beauty, or objective aesthetic values. Such an argument runs thusly:

    1. If God does not exist, objective aesthetic values do not exist.
    2. Objective aesthetic values do exist.
    3. Therefore, God exists. (more…)