PHILO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Unmoved Mover, Teleological Argument, Cosmological Argument
1 Sep 2020
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An attempt to prove the existence of god based on the reasoning that to avoid in infinite regress, there must be an unmoved mover capable of imparting motion to all other things. An argument for the existence of god based on the idea that if nothing had ever existed, nothing would always exist; therefore, there is something whose existence is necessary (an eternal something). An argument for the existence of god based on the idea that being progresses from inanimate objects to increasingly complex animated creatures, culminating in a qualitatively unique god. Also called the argument from design, a widely known argument for the existence of god that claims that the universe manifests order and purpose that can only be the result of a conscious intelligence (god). If god can prevent the suffering of the innocent yet chooses not to, he is not good. If god chooses to prevent the suffering but cannot, he is not omnipotent.
