Moral Argument

             Explain the Moral Argument and what concepts of God it gives.
             The moral argument is the argument that proves God's existence using the existence of absolute morality. To make the moral argument even believable we would have to prove that absolute morality exists. First of all we must define morality; morality is a standard of right or wrong. To take morality a step further, there is absolute morality. Absolute morality is a law that pertains to all people, is universal and timeless; all people perceive it, and are bound to it.
             The common foundation for absolute morality is that it is universal. For example, everyone knows murder is wrong; if one kills someone he feels guilty, proving an absolute morality. These laws are innate, meaning you know them from birth.
             These standards of right and wrong are revealed through conduct and conversation. For example, when one sees starving children or people, they feel a need to help them, and they say that it itsn't right for them to be treated like that. Also if a complete stranger walked into your house and picked up your television and started walking out, more than likely you 'd get up and say something like, "Hey, stop that!  That is my TV."  What you are doing in that scenario is appealing to a universal moral law.  You assume it is an understood standard for all people to follow, a principle of not taking things that are not theirs. If this person responded by saying, "So what?", you would probably think that person was crazy. It would be strange if someone did not understand certain moral values. This is because we assume there is a universal moral law.
             Some people say that there is no absolute morality, but those people are just proving that there is; it is called a self-contradiction. When they say there are no absolutes, they are making an absolute, proving there are absolutes.
             All societies have the same basic code of morality. For example eve...

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