The Practical-Minded Theory (DCT)

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The Practical-Minded Theory, tell us that we should answer moral questions by appealing to religious authority, given that H1 is true, it is different from DCT, because DCT talks about how actions are only good or bad, only because God command them or forbids them. There is a lot of reasons, why this is so problematic, first there are hundreds of different religions out there, and not every one has the same values or have the same rules. So, you would not know which book to follow or how to interpret it. Second, Do you read it literally or try to understand what is the meaning behind it. A good example, would be the second amendment, if you look at it literally, it talks about how there should be militias in the streets protecting the “American

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