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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 ...
Christian Hofreiter
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The muʿtazila's arguments against divine command theory

Religious Studies, 2021
AbstractThe Muʿtazilī theologians, particularly the later Imāmī ones, developed numerous interesting arguments against divine command theory. The arguments, however, have not received the attention they deserve. Some of the arguments have been discussed in passing, and some have not been discussed at all.
H. Morvarid
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Islam, the Divine Command Theory, and Religious Fundamentalism

Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, 2019
In 1980, George F. Hourani and, more recently in 2010, Mariam al-Attar argued that Islam is not compatible with divine command theory. They rehearsed some standard objections (namely the objectivity of morality, divine goodness, moral knowledge) targeted
Ferhat Yöney
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Divine Command Theory without a Divine Commander

The Journal of Value Inquiry, 2023
Robert Bass
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Divine Command Theory

The Routledge Companion to Medieval Philosophy, 2021
Hans-Joachim Möhle
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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 and Metaethics

Revista Brasileira de Filosofia da Religião, 2018
I will outline an application of metaethics to the debate about Euthyphro's dilemma and divine command theory (DCT). Metaethics elucidates how we should understand what are objective moral judgments and moral truths. I argue that the normative content of morality does not depend on God’s approval/command.
Alcino Bonella
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The Psychopath Challenge to Divine Command Theory: Reply to Flannagan

Sophia, 2023
Erik J. Wielenberg
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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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Divine Command Theory in Jewish Law and Ethics

Swimming against the Current, 2020

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