The argument from morality is an argument for the existence of God. Arguments from morality tend to be based on moral normativity or moral order. Arguments from moral normativity observe some aspect o
Portrait of Immanuel Kant, who proposed an argument for the existence of God from morality
Portrait of John Henry Newman, who used the conscience as evidence of the existence of God
John Henry Newman was an English Catholic theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet. He was an important figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century.
Argument from morality
…reference to a higher cosmic moral order which could not exist without a God to create and/or establish it. A related argument is from conscience; John Henry Newman argued that the conscience supports the claim that objective moral truths exist because it drives people to act morally even when it is not in their…
Newman in 1887
Icon of Saint John Henry Newman written by Jacques Bihin in 2022
Portrait of Newman by George Richmond, 1844
Portrait miniature of Newman by William Charles Ross