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    utilitarianism an action is held to be good according to the amount of utility and happiness it can produce; divine command theory believes that an action is only morally good if it is the result of the action being commanded by God. With respect to the argument of whether killing someone is morally worse than letting someone die; an advocate of divine command theory would state that as humans‚ we do not have the right the dictate whether a person lives or dies. Therefore letting someone die is most

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    Student #: 14111505 Divine Command Theory is False According to the Divine Command Theory morality depends upon religion in the following sense: Morally right actions are morally right because God commands us to perform them‚ and morally wrong actions are morally wrong because God forbids us from performing them. In other words‚ the Divine command theory is the view that morality is somehow dependent upon God‚ and that moral obligation consists in obedience to God’s commands. My goal is to prove

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    The two main camps for and against abortion is Pro-Life and Pro-Choice. Pro-Life believe it is an immoral act to kill a baby.

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    Deciding if an action is moral can vary greatly depending on which theory is applied in order to make a decision. A Divine Command Theorist would evaluate morality by consulting religious or sacred texts and by possibility consulting a religious authority on said texts. Through this approach the Divine Command Theorist would be looking for guidance from the “word of God” on the matter. A Natural Law Theorist on the other hand would attempt to decide if an action is moral by deciding the action’s

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    Divine command theory is a ethical theory which proposes that an actions status as morally good is equivalent to whether it is commanded by God. According to this theory God telling us makes something morally right. In a sense whatever God said is morally right and what he said is wrong is not moral. This is a religion based ethical theory‚ because if you believe in God you would believe that actions that are morally good were commanded by God and if you do not believe in God you wouldn’t believe

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    In this essay I intend to give an account of the ‘Divine Commandtheory of morality‚ outline it’s main objections‚ in particular with regard to the ‘Euthyphro Dilemma’ and whether these objections can be answered. The ‘Divine Commandtheory‚ otherwise known as ‘Moral Transcendentalism’‚ is an ethical theory that holds the view that morality is dependent upon some form of transcendent being or God and that morality is ultimately based on the word of character of said God. Thus‚ according to this

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    AC / DCT The Divine Command Theory (DCT) is the view that the morality of our actions is said to be determined by God. It is a system of ideas which claims that the moral perspective of actions is set by determining whether such actions are commanded by God or not. Those actions commanded by God are said to be morally right actions while other actions that are not commanded by God are said to be morally wrong. The DCT claims that God is the judge of all that is right and wrong. He does so by commanding

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    Euthyphro Dilemma against Divine Command Theory and why one might believe or disbelieve this. Divine Command theory states‚ the view that rightness/wrongness‚ goodness/badness is determined by gods command. Which means that god commands us to do something because either he commands it or he views this as right and then commands it. But which one and how can that be determined. The Euthyphro Dilemma states: 1(a) Either (i) action A is right because God commands that we A‚ or (ii) God commands that we A

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    10-17-14 Divine Command Theory I believe to have a definite moral theory we need a guide to follow. Moral Nihilism states that we cannot have any moral truths because they are a human invention. I believe this to be incorrect‚ because we did not invent them‚ but God did. Moral Nihilism states we also need something of objectivism or able to see and witness to have moral theories. I also believe this statement to be false because we do have something to see and hold‚ and this would be the bible.

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    summarizes this theory. Theological Voluntarism: Theological meaning the study of theology (religion‚ God‚ gods‚ etc..); and voluntarism meaning will is a primary factor in an individual or universe. The Divine Command Theory is the elemental belief that a divine being (“divine being‚” defined as the immortal being that is followed and believed)‚ commands morality and immorality‚ and that these ideas can only originate within this divine being. Moral law is a feature of a divine beings nature. Essentially

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