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A Jewish Modified Divine Command Theory

Journal of Religious Ethics, 2004
ABSTRACTWe claim that divine command metaethicists have not thought through the nature of the expression of divine love with sufficient rigor. We argue, against prior divine command theories, that the radical difference between God and the natural world means that grounding divine command in divine love can only ground a formal claim of the divine on ...
Martin Kavka, Randi Rashkover
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Divine Command Theory Readings

2018
This chapter presents what is arguably the most influential and widespread Christian approach to herem texts: the appeal to divine command theory to account for their counterintuitive morality. The structure of the argument is simple and straightforward: since God only commands what is good, and since God commanded the annihilation of the Canaanites ...
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Procedure, substance, and the divine command theory

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 1994
La theologie naturelle est toujours pratiquee comme si les conclusions theologiques pouvaient deriver d'un processus quasi-deductif. Il est possible que l'evidence conduise a des connaissances interessantes qui reclament cependant une explication theologique. L'A. demeure sceptique sur la valeur a priori des methodes de la theologie naturelle. Il prend
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Necessity, control, and the divine command theory

Sophia, 2005
The simplest Divine Command Theory is one which identifies rightness with being commanded or willed by God. Two clear and appealing arguments for this theory turn on the idea that laws require a lawgiver, and the idea that God is sovereign or omnipotent. Critical examination of these arguments reveals some fundamental principles at odds with the Divine
Dale Tuggy
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