The selected moral topic that I chose for this semester is Euthanasia. According to the American Heritage Dictionary‚ Euthanasia can be defined as “the act or practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a terminal illness or an incurable condition‚ as by lethal injection or the suspension of extraordinary medical treatment. (Mifflin‚ 1992) ” Euthanasia raises a Moral Dilemma. “A Moral Dilemma is a situation‚ in theory or practice‚ that forces an individual group to choose between
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THE DIVINE COMMAND THEORY Introduction Divine Command Theory is an ethical theory which claims that God’s will is the foundation of ethics. Based on Divine Command Theory‚ things are morally right or wrong‚ compulsory‚ allowed or disallowed if God or deities commands it. In Divine Command Theory‚ what makes an act moral or immoral is that God commands or prohibited it. Apart from being commanded by God to do certain thing‚ some other aspect of Divine Command Theory‚ also hold that an action is moral
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Advantages and Disadvantages of the Divine Command Theory Several arguments are presented over the subject of the popular Divine Command Theory. This concept is basically the idea that we as humans are given free will‚ however God ultimately decides what is morally wrong and right. So‚ if we are to live a righteous and moral life‚ then we are to follow his commands whatever they might be. According to philosophers‚ this belief provides much controversy in its different arguments. The advantages
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The moral theory of divine command theory is when a person morals depends upon God’s command. If God believes that something is right then a person would also believe it is right‚ if God believes that something is wrong then a person would also believe it is wrong. Whatever God says is valuable to that individual. An objection to this theory would be the argument of different religious views. If an individual was Muslim and another was Christian‚ the Muslim would argue that the command of God isn’t
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The Divine Command Theory The Divine Command Theory states that whatever God says is so‚ simply because God said so. Meaning X is morally right because God says so and Y is morally wrong because God says so. This theory states that things are wrong or right simply because God says‚ not because of what we consider to be morally right or wrong‚ but just because of what God says. One argument that goes against the Divine Command Theory is the right becomes wrong argument. Example: If the DCT
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Perhaps the easiest counterargument to the Divine Command Theory is the existence of atheists that are capable of living moral lives. So if morals can exist without a belief in God‚ then God must not be a requirement for morals. Others arguments against the Divine Command Theory include the arbitrariness of God’s decision on good and wrong and the reason that the theory establishes for living morally. Stating that an act is wrong simply because God said so
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this notion‚ the Divine Command theory constructs the idea that when something is morally obligatory it’s only because God commands it‚ and when something is morally wrong it’s only because God forbids it. The strength of this theory lies with the universally recognize power of God’s commands‚ regardless of local
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Divine Command Theory (DCT) Definition: moral actions are those actions which are in keeping with the commands of God. Something is morally wrong "because God says so." The most obvious problem with DCT is the problem of how one determines which religious tradition has it right. To "which God" and the related religious texts should I look? Allah‚ Yahweh‚ the Christian Trinity‚ Brahma? The Qur’an‚ the Torah‚ the Christian Bible‚ the Bhagavad Gita? How does one determine which "God" is the
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“Examine the key features of the divine command theory and identify its weaknesses.” (21) The view that moral rules are true by virtue of being commanded by God is called the divine command theory. It is a deontological theory and claims that sentences such as "charity is good" mean the same thing as sentences such as "God commands charity”. If you believe that moral actions are good or bad because they are commanded or forbidden‚ certain things must follow. First‚ if they had not been commanded
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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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