Divine Command Theory: Truest Moral Theory

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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. I believe Divine Command Theory to be the truest ethical theory because it has stood the test of time and comes from a higher power that is to ultimately judge what is “right” and what is “wrong.” Humans ourselves do not have the capacity to be the
We must do what is God’s will or belief. Divine Command Theory is correct for multiple reasons. The first and foremost is that God created everything, thus he has created our ethical rules along with it. God gave Moses the 10 commandments on Mount Sinai as a set of ethical principles to follow. For centuries since then people have used these commandments to guide them through life. Most of our laws are also based around rules made from the 10 commandments, such as ‘thou shall not kill’ and ‘thou shall not steal’. Divine command theory has proved that God exists in multiple ways but a large number of followers do so by faith and
The existent of God is proven through the existence of nature, the teleological argument, the ontological argument by St. Anslem, and geometry with Descartes. To have the most morally correct principles this cannot be made by man who is subject to his own self-interests and contingencies, therefore our principles must be made by God who is morally perfect. God created the earth and placed us on it thus we are created to fulfill his will. Through this Divine command theory is the ultimate theory and should be the one we