Does Moral Disagreement Entail Moral Relativism? | Prof. Francis Beckwith

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🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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This talk was given on September 30th, 2022 at Yale University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies and Affiliate Professor of Political Science at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy. Among his over one dozen books are Never Doubt Thomas: The Catholic Aquinas as Evangelical and Protestant (Baylor University Press, 2019), Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007), and Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), winner of the American Academy of Religion's prestigious 2016 Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Constructive-Reflective Studies. He is a graduate of the Washington University School of Law, St. Louis (MJS) as well as Fordham University (PhD, MA, philosophy).

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0:00.0	This talk is brought to you by the Thomistic Institute.
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0:08.0	The title of this talk, as Justin said, is, does moral disagreement entail moral relativism?
0:20.0	So to get an idea what moral relativism is,
0:23.6	I'm going to begin this talk, you should have it on your sheet. I have a list of two
0:31.6	different sets of propositions. We're kind of imperatives I suppose the first are I've titled
0:40.2	some moral rules and the second some immoral rules so let me go through the
0:45.8	moral rules love your neighbor as yourself thou shalt not commit adultery do not
0:54.0	intentionally kill the innocent.
0:57.0	Do not take what is not yours without permission.
1:01.0	Parents ought to care for their infant children.
1:04.0	Shun ignorance and try to live at peace with your neighbors.
1:08.0	It is permissible for a city or state to pass post facto laws. One ought not to
1:13.7	rape anyone. Some immoral rules. Your guilt of innocence in a criminal trial depends entirely on
1:20.8	your race and not on the judge or jury's deliberation or legitimately obtained evidence.
1:25.9	Anyone may be convicted of a crime
1:27.6	based on the result of a coin toss.
1:30.8	The maximum punishment for first-degree murder
1:33.3	is an all-expense paid vacation to Las Vegas.
1:37.5	I grew up in Las Vegas.
1:40.6	That doesn't mean I'd murder somebody
1:42.1	to get there for that fact with the punishment.
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