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 what
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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 because
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Devine command theory has an interesting concept of what morality is‚ believing that moral duties are based solely on what god commands‚ and anything other than his command is wrong. Stressing that in order for a person to be morally correct they had to obey god’s commands. But the question at hand is‚ are all commands made my god morally good because he said so‚ or does he command them because they are morally good? This topic is raised in the philosophy of religion‚ but before I get to that I
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Karl Barth’s volume II of The Doctrine of God‚ he describes the Divine Command Theory and how it applies to man’s actions and morality. Although Barth’s writings can often times be confusing and ambiguous‚ this writing is better understood if one knows how he defines “claim”. When Barth writes “claim”‚ what he is really referring to it as is a demand or request from God‚ this is where we get the term “Divine Claim”. Barth defines the Divine Claim as an action’s moral dignity based on whether God commanded
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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 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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