Skeptical theism and moral skepticism: A reply to Almeida and Oppy

Abstract

Skeptical theists purport to undermine evidential arguments from evil by appealing to the fact that our knowledge of goods, evils, and their interconnections is significantly limited. Michael J. Almeida and Graham Oppy have recently argued that sceptical theism is unacceptable because it results in a form of moral scepticism which rejects inferences that play an important role in our ordinary moral reasoning. In this reply to Almeida and Oppy’s argument we offer some reasons for thinking that sceptical theism needs not lead to any such objectionable form of moral scepticism.