Objective Morals+

[John V]

This is, not surprisingly, sounding identical to the Christian apologetic response to this dilemma, known as Euthyphro's Dilemma.

Meh, maybe it was a dilemma for Euthyphro, but it never bothered me.

The dilemma is as follows:

1. Are good things good because God wills them?[/quote]
Yes.

If we say things are good because God wills them, then morality is the subjective whim of a deity. The theist has no high ground on moral issues because their morality is nothing more than an appeal to might-makes-right. Big guy in the sky says it and that's that. To take this view is to reject objective or absolute morality

Agree with you for the most part up to this point. I would note that an omniscient creator god would have better information at his disposal on which to make judgments. In the end, though, it's his subjective judgment.

and is, in fact, a morally bankrupt position to take.

Er, no, you haven't established that fact.