Response to John Rist’s “Must Morality be Grounded on God?” (original) (raw)
This paper engages with John Rist's assertion that morality must be grounded in belief in God, particularly the Christian God. It examines Rist's arguments against non-theistic moral systems and highlights the shortcomings of alternative ethical systems that do not refer to a divine standard for morality. The author proposes the potential for eudaimonistic ethics, emphasizing happiness and rational choice, but ultimately concludes that a Christian grounding of morality, characterized by personal relation to God, offers a more robust framework for ethical understanding.