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What is the essence of the Divine Command Theory?
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Essentially, it sayes that "morally right" is a matter of being commanded by god and "morally wrong is a matter of being forbidden by god.
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What is the Euthyphro Dillema?
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The question that goes, Is something right because the gods command it, or do the gods command it because it is right?
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According to the DCT, nothing is good or bad , except when _____ thinking makes it so.
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God's
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What are the three problems with the idea of gods thinking making morality?
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1. this conception of morality is mysterious
2.this conception makes gods commands arbitrary
3.this conception provides the wrong reasons for moral principals
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Which is more dominant in christian ethics?
a. Divine command theory
b. Natural Law theory.
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B. Natural Law theory.
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