In the divine command theory, an act is morally good because the gods say that it is morally good; however, there are problems with this theory. The first problem being, the divine command theory does not argue that morality must depend upon religion. Then, there is the possibility of a command changing such as God commanding that murder is alright on Mondays, then commanding that murder is not alright on Monday. On the contrary to the divine command theory, there is the debate between Socrates and Euthyphro, Euthyphro states the opposite: an act is morally good solely because of its goodness and that is why the gods love it. Out of these two theories, Euthyphro’s theory better fits as it argues that morality is able to exist independently
