Sean McDowell's Objective Moral Hypocrisy @SeanMcDowell
Channel: Venaloid
Date: 2022-08-06

Sean McDowell believes he can prove the existence of objective morality, which he can then use to prove the existence of God. But in his attempt to prove objective morality, he not only abandons his own standard of truth, but he ultimately does exactly what he accuses *other* people of doing: changing what they mean by "truth". 

Sean McDowell is a well-respected Christian apologist, with a history of amicable discussions with atheist YouTubers like Paulogia and Hemant Mehta. However, I am increasingly disappointed by his entry-level arguments. Apologetics is not his hobby, it's his career; he should know better, and he should have a more developed understanding of the issues. 

Original video: 
Sean McDowell: Is There Truth, A Moral Law We Can All Know? - Do The Right Thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3EVJZEX6Bw

In case you're wondering if Sean's views have changed since the time of the original video, here is Sean giving the same talk in 2019. I chose to use the older version simply because I found it first and had already sat through the whole thing taking notes. 

Sean McDowell talks on Morality Based on Truth, Momentum Youth Conference 2019 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk6jc4NcmjQ 

0:00 - Introduction
0:40 - Sean's goal
1:56 - Truth (correspondence theory)
3:14 - Subjective vs. Objective
3:57 - Objective Truth
5:00 - Objective *Moral* Truth?
6:00 - Wait, WHAT?!
7:08 - Judging others
9:14 - Laws of nature
10:28 - Moral mathematics
11:54 - Rape is (objectively) evil
12:27 - We *want* objective morality
13:15 - Objective taste
15:33 - The hypocrisy of Sean McDowell

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