Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
0:00 Introduction
02:46 What led you to write on this topic?
03:46 What do you aim to show in this paper?
04:06 What is worship?
06:48 What is the Egotistical Objection?
08:57 The Piecemeal reply to the egotistical objection
11:06 Why the Piecemeal reply does not work for all accounts of pride
12:50 First non-egotistic reason to worship God
15:56 Second non-egotistic reason that God would command worship
19:52 What are some objections to this type of response?
23:10 The "Impossible to Worship by Complying" Objection
28:11 How do you respond to the “Impossible to Worship by Complying" Objection.
31:23 What are some objections to this type of reply?
34:59 Summarize two ways that someone might object to God being worthy of worship and how you respond to these objections
Frederick Choo is currently working on his PhD in philosophy at Rutgers University. He joins me to discuss his recently published a paper in Religious Studies titled, "Can a Worship-Worthy Agent Command Others to Worship It?" The link to the paper is below.
philpapers.org/rec/CHOCAW
For more on Frederick, check out his website below.
frederick-choo.weebly.com
Please consider becoming a patron. Go to patreon.com/theanalyticchristian
For merch and more, go to theanalyticchristian.com
0:00 Introduction
02:46 What led you to write on this topic?
03:46 What do you aim to show in this paper?
04:06 What is worship?
06:48 What is the Egotistical Objection?
08:57 The Piecemeal reply to the egotistical objection
11:06 Why the Piecemeal reply does not work for all accounts of pride
12:50 First non-egotistic reason to worship God
15:56 Second non-egotistic reason that God would command worship
19:52 What are some objections to this type of response?
23:10 The "Impossible to Worship by Complying" Objection
28:11 How do you respond to the “Impossible to Worship by Complying" Objection.
31:23 What are some objections to this type of reply?
34:59 Summarize two ways that someone might object to God being worthy of worship and how you respond to these objections
Frederick Choo is currently working on his PhD in philosophy at Rutgers University. He joins me to discuss his recently published a paper in Religious Studies titled, "Can a Worship-Worthy Agent Command Others to Worship It?" The link to the paper is below.
philpapers.org/rec/CHOCAW
For more on Frederick, check out his website below.
frederick-choo.weebly.com
Please consider becoming a patron. Go to patreon.com/theanalyticchristian
For merch and more, go to theanalyticchristian.com
