A Discourse Concerning the Unchangeable Obligations of Natural Religion
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A Discourse Concerning the Unchangeable Obligations of Natural Religion is an influential early 18th-century philosophical and theological treatise by Samuel Clarke that defends the rational foundations and eternal validity of moral principles.
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| A Discourse Concerning the Unchangeable Obligations of Natural Religion canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: A Discourse Concerning the Unchangeable Obligations of Natural Religion Context triple: [Samuel Clarke, notableWork, A Discourse Concerning the Unchangeable Obligations of Natural Religion]
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A.
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work by David Hume that presents a skeptical examination of arguments for the existence and nature of God through a series of fictional dialogues.
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B.
Vindications of The Reasonableness of Christianity
Vindications of The Reasonableness of Christianity is John Locke’s later work defending and clarifying the arguments of his earlier theological treatise The Reasonableness of Christianity against contemporary critics.
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C.
A Discourse of Conscience
A Discourse of Conscience is a theological treatise by the Puritan divine William Perkins that explores the nature, operations, and spiritual significance of conscience in Christian life.
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D.
The Excellency of Theology, Compared with Natural Philosophy
"The Excellency of Theology, Compared with Natural Philosophy" is a work, associated with Robert Boyle’s intellectual milieu, that argues for the superior value and authority of theological knowledge over the insights of natural philosophy (early modern science).
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E.
Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason
Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason is Immanuel Kant’s major philosophical work on the rational foundations of religion and the relationship between morality and religious belief.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Discourse Concerning the Unchangeable Obligations of Natural Religion Target entity description: A Discourse Concerning the Unchangeable Obligations of Natural Religion is an influential early 18th-century philosophical and theological treatise by Samuel Clarke that defends the rational foundations and eternal validity of moral principles.
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A.
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work by David Hume that presents a skeptical examination of arguments for the existence and nature of God through a series of fictional dialogues.
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B.
Vindications of The Reasonableness of Christianity
Vindications of The Reasonableness of Christianity is John Locke’s later work defending and clarifying the arguments of his earlier theological treatise The Reasonableness of Christianity against contemporary critics.
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C.
A Discourse of Conscience
A Discourse of Conscience is a theological treatise by the Puritan divine William Perkins that explores the nature, operations, and spiritual significance of conscience in Christian life.
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D.
The Excellency of Theology, Compared with Natural Philosophy
"The Excellency of Theology, Compared with Natural Philosophy" is a work, associated with Robert Boyle’s intellectual milieu, that argues for the superior value and authority of theological knowledge over the insights of natural philosophy (early modern science).
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E.
Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason
Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason is Immanuel Kant’s major philosophical work on the rational foundations of religion and the relationship between morality and religious belief.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
philosophical treatise
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theological treatise ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
demonstrate that moral duties are knowable by reason
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reconcile reason and Christian revelation ⓘ show that moral obligations do not depend solely on divine will ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Anglican theology
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latitudinarianism ⓘ |
| author | Samuel Clarke ⓘ |
| claims |
God commands what is morally right because it is right
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moral distinctions are founded in the nature of things ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| genre |
moral philosophy
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natural theology ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
British rational divinity
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natural theology debates ⓘ subsequent moral philosophy ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
early 18th-century British philosophy
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early Enlightenment ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian natural law tradition
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classical theism ⓘ rationalist metaphysics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
ethics
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moral obligation ⓘ natural religion ⓘ rational theology ⓘ |
| opposes |
moral relativism
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voluntarist accounts of morality ⓘ |
| philosophicalIssue |
nature of moral necessity
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rational discernibility of good and evil ⓘ relationship between God and morality ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
natural law theory
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rationalism ⓘ |
| positionDefended |
eternal validity of moral principles
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immutability of moral obligations ⓘ objective moral truths ⓘ rational foundations of morality ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God ⓘ |
| religiousDenominationContext | Church of England ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
learned clergy
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philosophically educated readers ⓘ |
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A Discourse Concerning the Unchangeable Obligations of Natural Religion
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