Divine command theory

the Divine Command Theory states, actions are right or wrong because they accord or conflict with the commands of God. However, Euthphro and the Divine Command Theory are misguided due to Euthyphro’s polytheistic religion, cases of severe malicious acts, and the belief system of different religions. At the time Euthyprho spoke of piety, citizens in Greece believed in a polytheistic religion, consisting of multiple Gods, including, Zeus, Haitis, Athena, and others. However, the Divine Command…

The Divine command theory is a meta - ethical theory which states that an action is obligatory if and only if, it is commanded by God. In this essay, I will examine whether any form of divine command theory is defensible. In defence, I shall begin by looking at the modified theory as proposed by Robert Adams. Secondly, I will attempt to assess objections from Plato, Austin and Wainwright; before proceeding to evaluate whether these objections are successful in demeaning this theory. Let us take…

and religion together. It is believed by many that morality is understood based on religion. “The Divine Command Theory”, states that behavior is considered morally right if commanded by God and morally wrong if it is forbidden by God. The theory also provides a strong reason on why people believe morality is something that they should worry about. However in the passage “The Divine Command Theory”, James Rachels’ stands his ground when he claims that God is unnecessary for ethics and…

a God oods, and Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are very different. Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky said: “if God is dead, everything is permitted.” When he said this, he is refering to the divine command theory. In this theory it states, “God decrees what is right and wrong. Actions that God commands us to do are morally required; actions that God forbids us to do are morally wrong; and all other actions are morally neutral” (Rachels, 51). From an atheist perspective, there is no god. As a…

The Divine Command Theory explains that actions are good if and only if God commands them, and actions are bad if and only if God forbids them. This makes the Divine Command Theory independent of human thought and feeling, it is God who determines what actions are moral. If we were to disobey God that would be an immoral thing to do and thus, we would be punished. We are motivated to follow this theory because it is the only reason why we still follow moral laws. If we were to believe that God…

Socrates during Plato’s Euthyphro. The question is seen to object the Divine Command Theory. Socrates asked, “is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?” or in other words, “Are morally good acts willed by God because they are morally good, or are they morally good because they are willed by God?” (Philosophy of Religion The Origin of the Euthyphro Dilemma). The Divine Command theorist faces problems that will not allow them to be able to…

and therefore possible sources of knowledge. Identifying one source of knowledge becomes problematic. Finally, morality cannot depend on the commandments of God. If morality depended on the commandments of God, either morality is arbitrary or God’s command is irrelevant. After careful examination of the arguments supporting the view that religion is essential for morality, it is clear that morality can exist independently from…

If anything god says is to be taken as good and true, then he cannot be wrong. If he cannot be wrong, then there is nothing to make his commands right either. For example, if a game was created with the rule that a specific person could never lose, it would be meaningless to say that he is good at that game. No matter how many times he won, there would be no skill or wisdom involved as it…

This paper will talk about a theory known as Divine Command and the problem that hampers it which is known as the Euthypro Problem. To start off the paper, I will explain what the Divine Command Theory is and the main idea behind it. Next, I will talk about why this theory is so enticing to many people. After, I will reveal the problem with the theory called the Euthypro Problem, why it is titled Euthypro, and why it causes a problem within the theory. Later in the paper, I will discuss how the…

My purpose in this essay is to explain and analyze the Divine Command Theory. Divine Command Theory states that morality is ultimately based on the commands of God. I agree with Divine Command Theory because I believe in God and that he is the creator of all things. Therefore, since he is the most powerful thing imaginable, he has the right to make actions right or wrong by command. Divine command theory is the idea that certain actions are morally good or morally bad because they are what God…