The Truth about Goodness

How is goodness related to truth? How do we affirm the truth of moral prescriptions?

Here's one big pitfall: thinking you can just open the Bible to find such firm foundations. Were it that simple, we should expect clarity and agreement among Christians about what these foundations are. Furthermore, there would be little room for deliberation. Mere proof-texting would suffice.

One the other hand, pure 'reason alone' has also failed to produce anything like clarity and agreement on the relation of truth and goodness.

What is it about seeking what is 'right' and what is 'good' that seems so mysterious? Is the nature of goodness itself ambiguous? How do we even define 'the good'? And what is the relationship of truth to goodness.

This is an ancient quest. Our dissuasion will seek to clarify some points that have been glossed over by most ethicists during the last couple of centuries.