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A New Explanation of Why the Euthyphro Dilemma Is a False Dilemma [PDF]
The article gives a new explanation for why the Euthyphro dilemma is a false dilemma and argues that it is a middle position that both the theist and the atheist could accept.
Atle Ottesen Søvik
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The first recorded moral codes that we possess, such as the Code of Hammurabi (1760 BCE) or the Ten Commandments of the Mosaic Law (1400 BCE) rely on the authority of divine commands. Some still debate today whether there can be morality without God.
Misselbrook D.
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Judaism and the Euthyphro Dilemma: Towards A New Approach
This article attempts to utilize representative talmudic source-material that bears on the Euthyphro dilemma, and more widely, that discusses the central role of human agency in the foundations of Jewish law, in order to sketch a modified version of ...
Alex Sztuden
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PAINFULNESS, DESIRE, AND THE EUTHYPHRO DILEMMA [PDF]
Abstract The traditional desire view of painfulness maintains that pain sensations are painful because the subject desires that they not be occurring. A significant criticism of this view is that it apparently succumbs to a version of the Euthyphro Dilemma: the desire view, it is argued, is committed to an implausible answer to the ...
Michael S Brady
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Why Jim Joyce Wasn’t Wrong: Baseball and the Euthyphro Dilemma [PDF]
In 2010, pitcher Armando Galarraga was denied a perfect game when umpire Jim Joyce called Jason Donald safe at first with two outs in the bottom of the 9th. In the numerous media discussions that followed, Joyce’s ‘blown’ call was commonly referred to as ‘mistaken’, ‘wrong’, or otherwise erroneous.
Amber L Griffioen
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Swinburne on the Euthyphro Dilemma. Can Supervenience Save Him?
Modern philosophers normally either reject the „divine command theory” of ethics and argue that moral duties are independent of any commands, or make it dependent on God's commands but like Robert Adams modify their theory and identify moral duties in terms of the commands of a loving God. Adams regards this theory as metaphysically necessary. That is,
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The Harm Principle and Christian Belief [PDF]
The article addresses the question why Christians often fail to achieve even the minimum standard of secular morality. It isolates from a long list of failures the undermining and maltreatment of women and sexual minorities.
Adrian Thatcher
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Divine command theory: logical refutation and theological justification [PDF]
In the article, the problem of sources of moral authority in intellectual history associated with Christianity is observed. Among possible concepts of moral sources, namely, virtue ethics, ethics of natural law, and divine command theory, the focus is on
Elena Stepanova
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Doğal Yasa ve İlahi Buyruk Teorisi Bir Arada Savunulabilir mi?: John Duns Scotus’un Ahlak Felsefesi
John Duns Scotus’un ahlak felsefesi, Tanrı’nın irade ve kudretine ayırdığı geniş alan dolayısıyla, ilahi buyruk teorisinin klasik bir örneği olarak ele alınır.
Nesim Aslantatar
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