Throughout the ages, people have formed theories of approaching metaethics. People desire to have a method of understanding what is moral and why it is moral. Ultimately, the Divine Nature Theory is the most reasonable approach to metaethics when compared to other approaches, and according to the practical application of this theory’s approach to metaethics, premarital sex is immoral.
The Divine Nature Theory Ethic
The Divine Nature Theory concisely argues that the nature of God is what is morally good. Skeptics may argue that since God is transcendent, morality is transcendent. However, because God has made His nature known through the Bible and nature, people could know what is morally good. Therefore, His revelations teach what is morally good. Through comparing the Divine Nature Theory with the other theories, one can better comprehend the strengths of the Divine Nature Theory.
First, the Divine Nature Theory is objective. Namely, what God’s nature reveals to be morally correct is absolutely correct for everyone. Therefore, the Divine Nature Theory succeeds where ethical relativism fails. Ethical relativism holds that whatever a person or culture believes to be morally correct is morally correct. Subsequently, if a person or culture deems that murder or slavery is morally correct, ethical relativism holds that the actions are morally correct. Further, if one believes that ethical relativism is morally correct and another believes that it is incorrect,