Adam Lloyd Johnson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3892749 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adam Lloyd Johnson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adam Lloyd |
| FAMILY NAME | Johnson |
| SIGNATURE | JOHNSON A L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
How the Trinitarian God of Christianity Provides the Best Explanation for Objective Morality
James Sterba recently presented arguments against theories which ground morality in God and attempted “to provide an account of the norms on which an ethics without God can be appropriately grounded ....” In particular, Sterba noted that “Robert Adams is best known for his attempt to ground morality in God’s nature” and “[r]ecently, Adam Johnson significantly developed Adams’s view ....” In 2024, Sterba and I had a public debate concerning this i…
Is It Morally Permissible for Some People to Rape and Murder? Responding to Erik Wielenberg's Argument That Divine Command Theory Fails to Explain How Psychopaths Have Moral Obligations
Atheist moral philosopher Erik Wielenberg recently argued that Divine Command Theory is implausible as an explanation of objective morality because it fails to explain how psychopaths have moral obligations. In this paper I explain that everyone agrees the consciences of psychopaths don't work as they should, but there's disagreement among experts as to whether: A. The consciences of psychopaths don't inform them of what's right and wrong and tha…
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Is It Morally Permissible for Some People to Rape and Murder? Responding to Erik Wielenberg's Argument That Divine Command Theory Fails to Explain How Psychopaths Have Moral Obligations
Atheist moral philosopher Erik Wielenberg recently argued that Divine Command Theory is implausible as an explanation of objective morality because it fails to explain how psychopaths have moral obligations. In this paper I explain that everyone agrees the consciences of psychopaths don't work as they should, but there's disagreement among experts as to whether: A. The consciences of psychopaths don't inform them of what's right and wrong and tha…
How the Trinitarian God of Christianity Provides the Best Explanation for Objective Morality
James Sterba recently presented arguments against theories which ground morality in God and attempted “to provide an account of the norms on which an ethics without God can be appropriately grounded ....” In particular, Sterba noted that “Robert Adams is best known for his attempt to ground morality in God’s nature” and “[r]ecently, Adam Johnson significantly developed Adams’s view ....” In 2024, Sterba and I had a public debate concerning this i…
Morality (2 works) · Christian ethics (1 work) · Christianity (1 work) · Conscience (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Free Will and Agency (1 work) · Karl Barth and Christian Theology (1 work) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work) · Psychology (1 work)