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In 2012, a man in Sacramento, California burglarized a house that was occupied by the Sacramento Mountain Lions football team. Belmonte the twenty-five year old burglar, claimed that God sent him to the house that night, and stated, “Something kept telling me, like itching at me, to go up to the rooms” (Shore, 2012). Belmonte seized an iPad, iPod, and a wallet before being caught (Shore, 2012). This story and others similar to it, raise the question if God truly commands those people to commit such acts, making them moral, or if the act is unmoral before and after God commanded it. In the Euthyphro, Socrates states that piety must be something that is able, to be loved; however, piety cannot be defined as something loved because it is something loved. Developed from a discussion between Euthrphro and Socrates, the Divine Command Theory states, actions are right or …show more content…
If one God commands everything, then what would happen if God changes his mind, or makes a mistake? One day, God can command that acts of theft are acceptable, so people begin to loot, but the next day God considers those acts unmoral, and punishes all who participated in the looting. On the other extreme, one day, God considers the act of playing with a puppy a morally acceptable act, but further on, God commands that playing with animals is morally wrong. Having one commander or God determine if an act is morally wrong or right is not plausible. Thus, Socrates view on Piety and the Divine Command Theory is accurate in that a God’s command does not make playing with a puppy a moral act instead the act is moral in and of itself. This leads the reader to ponder if God could make any action morally acceptable just by commanding
In 2012, a man in Sacramento, California burglarized a house that was occupied by the Sacramento Mountain Lions football team. Belmonte the twenty-five year old burglar, claimed that God sent him to the house that night, and stated, “Something kept telling me, like itching at me, to go up to the rooms” (Shore, 2012). Belmonte seized an iPad, iPod, and a wallet before being caught (Shore, 2012). This story and others similar to it, raise the question if God truly commands those people to commit such acts, making them moral, or if the act is unmoral before and after God commanded it. In the Euthyphro, Socrates states that piety must be something that is able, to be loved; however, piety cannot be defined as something loved because it is something loved. Developed from a discussion between Euthrphro and Socrates, the Divine Command Theory states, actions are right or …show more content…
If one God commands everything, then what would happen if God changes his mind, or makes a mistake? One day, God can command that acts of theft are acceptable, so people begin to loot, but the next day God considers those acts unmoral, and punishes all who participated in the looting. On the other extreme, one day, God considers the act of playing with a puppy a morally acceptable act, but further on, God commands that playing with animals is morally wrong. Having one commander or God determine if an act is morally wrong or right is not plausible. Thus, Socrates view on Piety and the Divine Command Theory is accurate in that a God’s command does not make playing with a puppy a moral act instead the act is moral in and of itself. This leads the reader to ponder if God could make any action morally acceptable just by commanding