Goodness, Authority, and God — A Deep Dive with Philosopher Pat Flynn

About this episode

A discussion on how morality is grounded in God, exploring various philosophical perspectives.

Anthony Alberino sits down with philosopher and author Pat Flynn for a rigorous and insightful discussion on one of the most important questions in Christian philosophy: How is morality grounded in God? Most Christians sense that moral truths and moral obligations are rooted in God—but how exactly? Is morality based on God’s authority, His will, or His nature? And how do we avoid the classic pitfalls of divine voluntarism, Platonism, and the Euthyphro dilemma? This conversation goes far beyond surface-level debates and presses into the metaphysics of goodness, divine simplicity, classical theism, and what it really means to say God is the Good itself.

People in this episode

Hosts: Anthony Alberino, Dr. Andrew Payne

Guest: Pat Flynn

Topics covered

• Christian philosophy
• morality
• divine authority
• metaphysics of goodness
• classical theism

Keywords

• morality
• God
• divine voluntarism
• Platonism
• Euthyphro dilemma
• goodness
• classical theism

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Euthyphro

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