道どう徳とく的てき証しょう明めい

noun

argument from morality (for the existence of God)

A philosophical argument in the philosophy of religion, often associated with Kant, that infers God's existence from the reality of moral law or moral experience. Technical term; primarily used in academic or theological contexts.

See also: 神の存在証明

• カントの道どう徳とく的てき証しょう明めいは、実じっ践せん理り性せいの要よう請せいとして神かみの存そん在ざいを論ろんじる。

  Kant's argument from morality posits the existence of God as a postulate of practical reason.

• 道どう徳とく的てき証しょう明めいは、神かみの存そん在ざい証しょう明めいの一ひとつとして哲てつ学がく史しで扱あつかわれる。

  The argument from morality is treated in the history of philosophy as one of the proofs for the existence of God.