KANT-INSPIRED SCEPTICAL THEISM AND THE UNCONDITIONALITY OF MORALS: NEW RESOURCES FROM KANTIAN PHILOSOPHY

I argue that Immanuel Kant’s philosophy, with specific reference to the unconditionality of morals and his transcendental idealism, provides sceptical theists with novel resources to respond to the three most powerful objections to sceptical theism: that it leads to moral quietism, that it implies divine deception, and that it undermines natural theology. I further show that the contributions of this paper are not restricted to those who adopt Kant's Critical philosophy, but that commitment to the unconditionality of morals alone allows the philosopher to retain most of these advantages. I argue that the positions advanced in this paper not only undermine the problem of evil but provide fruitful directions for future engagement with it.