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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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 morally
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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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In this essay I intend to give an account of the ‘Divine Command’ theory of morality‚ outline it’s main objections‚ in particular with regard to the ‘Euthyphro Dilemma’ and whether these objections can be answered. The ‘Divine Command’ theory‚ 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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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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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‚ both a divine being and morality bear a direct correlation. To believe in Divine Command Theory‚ one believes
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Euthyphro’s theory does not give us the very nature of the pious. However the “Divine Commands” by Robert M. Adams responds to this dilemma. The theory teaches that moral truth or piety does not exist independently from god and that morality is determined by divine commands‚ which are gods commands. Therefore what ever god commands is moral because god is all good and good comes from god. This theory assert that gods command is the only reason that a good action is moral. In essence this answers Euthyphro’s
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1. What is divine command theory? What is the difference between the strong and the weak forms of divine command theory? What is the Euthyphro problem and how does it relate? Evaluate either strong or weak divine command theory in light of the Euthyphro problem. The divine command theory attempts to explain morality through religion more specifically it makes a direct connection between God and morality. Superficially divine command theory is dependent on the commands or character of God in determining
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An Argument Against Divine Command Theory One may make the claim that if there is no God‚ then nothing is morally wrong. Those who are religious may believe this to be true‚ while it seems implausible for an atheist (at least one who claims to have any morals) to believe such a statement. Without addressing the issue of the existence of God‚ I will examine several facets of this claim in order to explore the two main points of view that a theist might have regarding this claim. A theist could agree
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27) Put simply‚ are God’s commands right because God commanded them or did God command them because they are right? In what follows‚ I will explain what unrestricted divine command theory tries to accomplish‚ why Euthyphro’s dilemma poses a few significant problems to its views‚ and I will argue how embracing a restricted version of divine command theory can help avoid the obstacles the dilemma sets in place. It can be well argued that the unrestricted divine command theory is aimed to explain
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