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This 5 page paper discusses the idea of morality being based in religion and how both Hume and Aquinas viewed this subject. Furthermore, this paper anticipates and addresses counterpoints to their arguments. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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their view and ideas differed drastically from each other. While both of these men were noted philosophers, they diverged greatly when it came to the source of morality and
how morality intersected with religion and God. Three Arguments Concerning Agreements and Disagreements Between Hume and Aquinas Thomas Aquinas absolutely
linked morality with God and His existence (Morality and Religion, 2002). Aquinas believed that God endorsed a rational set of moral guidelines which was his own version of natural
law theory (Morality and Religion, 2002). This theory assumed three things: 1. God prescribes a set of moral values and makes them law by instilling them in our
human nature (Morality and Religion, 2002) 2. There is one ultimate rule of natural law, which we discover through an intuitive mental faculty (Morality and Religion, 2002) 3. From
this ultimate rule, we deduce more specific moral rules that that carry the authority of natural law (Morality and Religion, 2002) David Hume on the other hand, was
the first philosopher since the middle ages to argue that morality and religion were two entirely separate things (Morality and Religion, 2002). Hume definitely advocated skepticism and was
a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of God do not entitle us to ascribe to God the moral
attributes that we see in human nature" (Morality and Religion, 2002). Furthermore, Hume said that since we believe Gods nature to be infinitely more advanced and knowledgeable than human
nature, then our human notions of morality cannot apply to him (Morality and Religion, 2002). Interestingly enough, Hume created a great deal of controversy when he suggested
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