LEGAL POSITIVISM vs. NATURAL LAW THEORY There are two “natural law” theories about two different things: i) a natural law theory of morality‚ or what’s right and wrong‚ and ii) a natural law theory of positive law‚ or what’s legal and illegal. The two theories are independent of each other: it’s perfectly consistent to accept one but reject the other. Legal positivism claims that ii) is false. Legal positivism and the natural law theory of positive law are rival views about what is law and what is
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the essay about the mandate of heaven is "The ‘Mandate of Heaven’: Mencius and The Divine Command Theory of Political Legitimacy." written by Nuyen‚ A. T. In this article‚ the two philosophers from ancient China‚ Confucius and Mencius’s political views on the terms of the mandate of heaven is discuss as well as the Divine Command Theory of political legitimacy. It claims that the theory is parallel to the Divine Command Theory of morality. The liberal interpretation of the mandate of heaven is refer
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living. The idea behind an all loving God and the ultimate rule maker of the moral code describes the theory of Divine Command. The Divine Command Theory states that the question of what is morally right is a matter of being commanded by God and morally wrong is a matter of being forbidden by God. This is basically saying when ethics and morality comes into question‚ following Gods commands is the only way of being right. Inquiring that God is all knowing which consists of possessing wisdom beyond any
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Bibliography: Feinberg‚ John. Geisler‚ Norman. Reichenbach‚ Bruce. Pinnock‚ Clark. Predestination And Free Will: Four Views Of Divine Sovereignty And Human Freedom. Edited by Basinger‚ David. Basinger‚ Randall. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press‚ 1986 Cottrell‚ Jack W Lutzer‚ Erwin W. Where Was God?: Answers To Tough Questions About God And Natural Disasters. Carol Stream: Tyndale
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The Euthyphro Dilemma The Euthyphro Dilemma‚ written by Plato‚ is a famous dialogue exchange between Socrates and Euthyphro in front of the Porsche of King Archon. Socrates supposedly poses as the disciple while Euthyphro takes the teacher approach‚ but ironically Socrates is actually the one indoctrinating Euthyphro. This conversation takes place sometime before Socrates‘s death sentence and during the action of Euthyphro charging his own father of murder. This situation astonished Socrates causing
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Religion?” James Rachels argues that morality and religion are separate entities. He states that “morality is a matter of reason and conscience‚ not religious faith” and that “right and wrong are not defined in terms of God’s will.”i He uses the Divine Command Theory‚ the Theory of Natural Law‚ and the use of religious scripture and tradition to establish how and where the two subjects are separated. Rachels believes that there is a societal presumption about the connection of morality and religion
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deontological ethics; divine command‚ duty theories‚ right theories‚ contractarianism‚ monistic deontology. 1) Divine Command- “The name “divine command theory” can be used to refer to any one of a family of related ethical theories. What these theories have in common is that they take God’s will to be the foundation of ethics. According to divine command theory‚ things are morally good or bad‚ or morally obligatory‚ permissible‚ or prohibited‚ solely because of God’s will or commands.” (Holt) 2) Duty
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ethics‚ normative ethics and applied ethics. Divine command theory is a meta-ethical theory which proposes that an action’s status as morally good is equivalent to whether it is commanded by God. The theory asserts that what is moral is determined by what God commands‚ and that to be moral is to follow his commands. Followers of both monotheistic and polytheistic religions in ancient and modern times have often accepted the importance of God’s commands in establishing morality. Numerous variants of
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what God is like toward people drastically changes as he gains more of an understanding of God at the end of chapter four. To begin‚ we must first analyze Jonah’s expectations and view of God at the start of the Book of Jonah. In Jonah 1:1-2 God commands Jonah to “go at once to Nineveh‚ that great city‚ and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before me.” The word of God is being spoken directly to Jonah‚ but instead of doing what God has asked of him he chose to flee to Tarshish
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whether or not an action is right because God commands it or‚ God commands it because it is right. Specifically the dilemma asks‚ “Is what is morally right right because God approves of it or commands it‚ or rather does God command it because it is right? (Fisher 359). The issue with this dilemma
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