Divine Command Theory And Kant's Moral Point Of View

In class we learned about 5 other theories while some have affected my position on the Moral Point of View, others have not. Divine Command Theory is based on theism, and that humans need help from God to be good. A right action is one that God commands is right while a wrong action is one that God commands as wrong. This theory is impractical because it contradicts itself. God can command whatever, whenever he wants, which would mean that he is arbitrary. This theory does not affect my position on the Moral Point of View because if it were to be a practical theory, it would neither support or deny the Moral Point of View. There is no balance to be considered because humans do not make decisions between right and wrong, they do what they are …show more content…
Kant’s theory relies heavily on his categorical imperative. A formulation of this states that one must act according to the maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law of nature. From this he states that a right action is one that can be universalized without contradiction and a wrong action is one that cannot be universalized without contradiction. This theory affected my position on the Moral Point of View because it believes in moral absolutes. This means that every action is either right or wrong. I do not believe that with the Moral Point of View or even in everyday life every single thing can be black and white. There will always be things that fall into both right and wrong categories. Every action cannot make everyone happy, thus it can be right for you and wrong from someone else putting it into both categories. The Moral Point of View dispels the concept of moral …show more content…
Aristotle believes that everything has a characteristic function. For example a hammers function is to hammer things. He comes to the conclusion that a human 's characteristic function is reason. In order to be good one must be an expert at their characteristic function, which is reason. Virtue is important in that it leads to the good life. For someones action to be virtuous, the action must follow 3 guidelines. The person must know htyer being virtuous, they must choose the action because it is virtuous, and they must consistently be virtuous. These virtues are a ky to helping huans perform their function well. Actions are what develop our character. Good actions make us good, bad actions make us bad, this is not set in stone though because Aristotle did not believe in moral absolutes. Another key ot acheiving good and reason is that a person must act justly. This means that they should not only be virtupus towards themselves, but others. Aristotle says tht humans ar enautrally