Moral Choices (With Scott Rae)

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Sean interviews Scott Rae about common misguided moral claims and their debunking.

Maybe you have heard some of these kinds of claims: "Religious views don’t belong in politics." "Jesus said never judge–so don’t." "You can’t legislate morality." These are some of the most common moral slogans proclaimed today. But they are deeply misguided. Today, Sean interviews Scott to get his responses to the top ten misguided moral claims that need debunking! Scott deals with these objections in the first two chapters of his book Moral Choices, which is newly released in its 5th editio...

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Host: Sean McDowell

Guest: Scott Rae

Topics covered

• morality
• politics
• religion
• Christianity
• ethical claims
• moral philosophy

Keywords

• moral choices
• religious views
• legislate morality
• judgment
• ethical dilemmas

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Moral Choices

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