“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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While in utilitarianism an action is held to be good according to the amount of utility and happiness it can produce; divine command theory believes that an action is only morally good if it is the result of the action being commanded by God. With respect to the argument of whether killing someone is morally worse than letting someone die; an advocate of divine command theory would state that as humans‚ we do not have the right the dictate whether a person lives or dies. Therefore letting someone
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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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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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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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AC / DCT The Divine Command Theory (DCT) is the view that the morality of our actions is said to be determined by God. It is a system of ideas which claims that the moral perspective of actions is set by determining whether such actions are commanded by God or not. Those actions commanded by God are said to be morally right actions while other actions that are not commanded by God are said to be morally wrong. The DCT claims that God is the judge of all that is right and wrong. He does so by commanding
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10-17-14 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.
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summarizes this theory. Theological Voluntarism: Theological meaning the study of theology (religion‚ God‚ gods‚ etc..); and voluntarism meaning will 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
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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 two (equally) important values and‚ whichever side one chooses‚ one loses something.” One of the values that the author identifies is life. He says that “The person who causes his or
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pious is something else. Thus 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
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