You Tube Theology

Can a deep conviction about morality influence what we believe about the fundamental nature of reality?

Meghan Sullivan argues that moral reasoning and metaphysical reasoning can influence one another. She discusses whether objective moral truths might support theism, and whether morality can provide evidence that shapes our broader worldview.

0:00 Can Morality Influence Metaphysics?
1:10 Moral Truths and Reality
2:02 Personal Identity and Moral Obligation
3:13 Does Absolute Morality Require God?
4:33 Morality as Evidence for Theism
5:35 The Euthyphro Dilemma

Meghan Sullivan is the Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. She serves as Director of the University-wide Ethics Initiative and is the founding director of Notre Dame’s Institute for Ethics and the Common Good, which launched in the summer of 2024.

More from Meghan Sullivan on Closer To Truth:

• Big Questions About God - Closer To Truth - Core Topic: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pKyjextCjGsYzvrMvWCj4tX
• Can Metaphysics Discern God? - CTT Interview Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pKZw37Xyr0XSh3sil5yo9Yz
• Closer To Truth contributors: https://closertotruth.com/contributor/meghan-sullivan/

Subscribe to Closer To Truth: https://www.youtube.com/@CloserToTruthTV

Join the Community:

• Membership (5,000+ videos): https://closertotruth.com/register/
• Audio Podcast: https://closertotruth.podbean.com
• Support the Show: https://closertotruth.com/donate/
• Official Merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/closertotruth/

Follow Us:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CloserToTruthTV/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/closertotruth/
• X: https://x.com/CloserToTruth

Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.

#CloserToTruth #MeghanSullivan #Morality #God #Philosophy