An Argument from Wayne and Garth
P1. If a maximally great being is impossible, then it is possible that I am worthy of worship.
P2. It is not possible that I am worthy of worship.
C1. A maximally great being is not impossible [from P1 and P2 Modus Tollens].
C2. A maximally great being is possible [from C1 by Obversion].
P3. If a maximally great being is possible, there is a maximally great being.
C3. There is a maximally great being [C2 and P3 Modus Ponens].
QED
Defense of Premises:
P1. If there are no possible worlds where there is a being that has a maximal set of compossible great-making properties, then there is at least some possible world where I, or my counter-part, is the greatest being that happens to exist, and so I would be of greatest worth, i.e. worthy of worship.
P2. I know, through direct intuitional self-knowledge, that it is metaphysically impossible that I am a being worthy of worship.
P3. A maximally great being is a being that, if it exists in any possible world, exists in all possible worlds, including in the actual world.
Posted on October 19, 2019, in Arguments for God and tagged Modal Ontological Argument, Ontological arguments, worship. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.
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