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A Jewish Modified Divine Command Theory
Journal of Religious Ethics, 2004ABSTRACTWe 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
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Necessity, control, and the divine command theory
Sophia, 2005The 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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Procedure, substance, and the divine command theory
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 1994La 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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2023
A divine command theory of morality contends that actions are morally required if and only if and because God commands those actions. An action is morally permissible if and only if and because God permits that action. An action is morally wrong if and only if and because God prohibits that action.
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A divine command theory of morality contends that actions are morally required if and only if and because God commands those actions. An action is morally permissible if and only if and because God permits that action. An action is morally wrong if and only if and because God prohibits that action.
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The Psychopath Objection to Divine Command Theory
European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2021Abstract: Recently, Erik Wielenberg has developed a novel objection to divine command meta-ethics (DCM). The objection that DCM "has the implausible implication that psychopaths have no moral obligations and hence their evil acts, no matter how evil, are morally permissible". This article criticizes Wielenberg's argument.
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A Defensible Divine Command Theory
Noûs, 1983The term 'The Divine Command Theory of Ethics' is similar to 'The Ontological Argument' in that there is no unique entity deserving of that title. Rather, there is a multiplicity of theories, each of which is appropriately taken to be a divine command theory. The strongest versions are, if not the finest, at least definist.
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