research overview
- Prof. Morriston's research focuses on arguments for and against the existence of God and on the relationship (if any) between God and the foundations of morality.
- Contact Info
Morriston, Charles Wesley
Positions
- Professor Emerita/Emeritus, Philosophy
Research Areas
Research
keywords
- philosophy of religion
Publications
selected publications
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chapter
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journal article
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Is faith in the Ultimate rationally required? Taking issue with some arguments in The Will to Imagine.
Religious Studies: an international journal for the philosophy of religion and theology.
209-220.
2013
- God and Moral Law: On the Theistic Explanation of Morality. Mind: a quarterly review of philosophy. 311-315. 2013
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Ethical Criticism of the Bible: The Case of Divinely Mandated Genocide.
Sophia: international journal of philosophy and traditions.
117-135.
2012
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God and the ontological foundation of morality.
Religious Studies: an international journal for the philosophy of religion and theology.
15-34.
2012
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Is goodness without god good enough? A debate on faith, secularism, and ethics.
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion.
85-89.
2011
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The will to imagine: a justification of skeptical religion.
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion.
107-111.
2010
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The Wisdom to Doubt: A Justification of Religious Skepticism.
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion.
179-183.
2009
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Prolegomena to a Philosophy of Religion.
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion.
113-117.
2009
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What if God commanded something terrible? A worry for divine-command meta-ethics.
Religious Studies: an international journal for the philosophy of religion and theology.
249-267.
2009
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The moral obligations of reasonable non-believers.
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion.
1-10.
2009
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Must an ‘Origins Agnostic’ Be Skeptical About Everything?.
Philo.
165-176.
2008
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Is God Free? Reply to Wierenga.
Faith and Philosophy.
93-98.
2006
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Creation out of nothing: A biblical, philosophical, and scientific exploration..
Religious Studies: an international journal for the philosophy of religion and theology.
352-357.
2005
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Power, liability, and the free-wil defence: reply to Mawson.
Religious Studies: an international journal for the philosophy of religion and theology.
71-80.
2005
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The evidential argument from goodness.
The Southern Journal of Philosophy.
87-101.
2004
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Are omnipotence and necessary moral perfection compatible? Reply to T. J. Mawson.
Religious Studies: an international journal for the philosophy of religion and theology.
441-449.
2003
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Does Plantinga’s God Have Freedom Canceling Control Over His Creatures?.
Philo.
67-77.
2003
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Must Metaphysical Time Have a Beginning?.
Faith and Philosophy.
288-306.
2003
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Craig on the actual infinite.
Religious Studies: an international journal for the philosophy of religion and theology.
147-166.
2002
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Omnipotence and necessary moral perfection are compatible: a reply to Morriston.
Religious Studies: an international journal for the philosophy of religion and theology.
215-223.
2002
- William Lane Craig on the actual infinite (A philosophical argument for the possibility of universal infinities). Religious Studies: an international journal for the philosophy of religion and theology. 147-166. 2002
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Causes and Beginnings in the Kalam Argument.
Faith and Philosophy.
233-244.
2002
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Omnipotence and the Power to Choose.
Faith and Philosophy.
358-367.
2002
- Omnipotence and necessary moral perfection: Are they compatible? (Employing an Anselmian philosophical rationale toward a conception god). Religious Studies: an international journal for the philosophy of religion and theology. 143-160. 2001
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EXPLANATORY PRIORITY AND THE COUNTERFACTUALS OF FREEDOM.
Faith and Philosophy.
21-35.
2001
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Omnipotence and the Anselmian God.
Philo.
7-20.
2001
- What is so good about moral freedom?. The Philosophical Quarterly. 344-358. 2000
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Must the Beginning of the Universe Have a Personal Cause?.
Faith and Philosophy.
149-169.
2000
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Must the Past Have a Beginning?.
Philo.
5-19.
1999
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God's answer to Job + Exploring the relationship between the Divinity and creation, natural order and justice.
Religious Studies: an international journal for the philosophy of religion and theology.
339-356.
1996
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Is God “Significantly Free?”.
Faith and Philosophy.
257-264.
1985
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Is plantinga’s God omnipotent?.
Sophia: international journal of philosophy and traditions.
45-57.
1984
- GLADNESS, REGRET, GOD, AND EVIL A REPLY TO HASKER. The Southern Journal of Philosophy. 401-407. 1982
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Pike and Hoffman on Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom.
Journal of Philosophical Research.
521-529.
1982
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EXPERIENCE AND CAUSALITY IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF MERLEAU-PONTY.
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
561-574.
1979
- FREEDOM, DETERMINISM, AND CHANCE IN EARLY PHILOSOPHY OF SARTRE. The Personalist. 236-248. 1977
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INTENTIONALITY AND PHENOMENOLOGICAL METHOD - CRITIQUE OF HUSSERLS TRANSCENDENTAL IDEALISM.
Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology.
33-43.
1976
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Is faith in the Ultimate rationally required? Taking issue with some arguments in The Will to Imagine.
Religious Studies: an international journal for the philosophy of religion and theology.
209-220.
2013
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., Northwestern University 1972
- M.A., Northwestern University 1969
- B.A., Queen's University, Belfast (Northern Ireland) 1967