Essays Tagged: "Divine command theory"
What the Divine Command Theory means according to Emil Brunner and how Kai Nielsen objects to that theory.
In this paper I intend to explain what the Divine Command Theory means according to Emil Brunner and how Kai Nielsen objects to that theory. I ... mil Brunner and how Kai Nielsen objects to that theory. I plan to do this by an explanation of what Divine Command Theory is as opposed to Humanistic Ethics. I plan to show that abandoning religious e ... to show that abandoning religious ethics in support of Humanistic Ethics is not reasonable.What is Divine Command Theory? According to Emil Brunner "Genuine humanly good is found only in the uncondit ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
True Diversity: Ethics Discussion GEN 480: Interdisciplinary Capstone Course This paper is meant to discuss how my personal ethics were derived and how they are applied to a workplace situation
heorists follow (Holmes, 2002):Ethical Egoism: One ought always to maximize one's own personal good.Divine Command Theory: Whatever God commands is right.Natural Law Ethics: One ought always to act in ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
The Euthyphro Dilemma Vs. The Divine Command Theory Two theories explaining moral behavior explored.
The divine command theory is the idea that moral actions are those that conform to God's will. For examp ... e theory breaks down when the will of God is examined. This is the reason for theists to reject the divine command theory. It is not necessary for others who do not even believe in the existence of Go ... Socrates wants Euthyphro to prove what piousness is using logic. He is unable to do so because the divine command theory doesn't stand up under thorough scrutiny.Socrates points out that what is piou ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Divine Command Theory. Are people's moral standards right because God commands them, or does God command them because they are right?
ral standards right because God commands them, or does God command them because they are right? The Divine Command Theory most simply states that God's commands are what is morally right, and what God ... This means that loving one another is right because God commands humans to do so. Advocates of the Divine Command Theory believe this, and believe that morality is the same as that which God commands ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Race Should Not Be a Consideration in College Admission: Views shared between Egoists, Utilitarians and Egalitarians
crimination. A utilitarianist, an altruist, an egalitarianist, and even someone who believes in the Divine Command theory may take this position. Regardless of race, the admission process should be on ... st for society as a whole, they are actually contributing to its downfall. Someone who supports the Divine Command Theory, or someone who believes solely in God's will, would agree with this because i ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
America's Welfare Programs Should Be Abolished: Views shared between Egoists, Utilitarians and supporters of the Divine Command Theory
y think about their money being put into other peoples' financial situations.Another theory is "The Divine Command Theory" which states that a person maps out their moral principles according to God's ... eate a social unity and friendship between everyone. Another argument that someone who supports the divine command theory might make would be to say that a lot of people abuse the welfare program and ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Capital Punishment Should Be Abolished: Views shared between Utilitarians, Egalitarians, Altruists and supporters of the Divine Command Theory
nd degrades all who are involved in its enforcement, as well as its victim.Someone who supports the Divine Command Theory, or someone who believes solely in God's will, would say that capital punishme ... fore it's their "time," then we may be defying God's will. Another reason a person who supports the Divine Command Theory might have against capital punishment is that executing a person is practicall ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty
God's Three Attributes and Morality in Aquinas and Divine Command Theory
Divine Command Theory's essential premise is that whatever God commands is good, and whatever he pro ... ributes of omnipotence, omniscience and omni-benevolence. In this paper, I will first summarize the Divine Command Theory, abbreviated as DCT. Then I will reconstruct Aquinas' argument against it, whi ... hus letting his omnipotence outweigh his omni-benevolence, and thereby the fixed notion of Goodness.Divine Command Theory was postulated mainly by three authors, namely Gerson, Biel and Luther. Gerson ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Piety, Philosophical Problems
the meaning of piety. Through the Socratic method, Socrates attempts to show the difference between divine command theory and independent morals.The first part of Socrates question to Euthyphro, "Is t ... also asks Euthyphro if something is pious because the gods love it. This illustrates the meaning of divine command theory. This means that God's command is what makes something good. The goodness of s ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
Does God determine Morality?
re, these people follow the moral law very strictly, sometimes in fear. In their opinion, without a divine lawgiver, there can be no universal moral law. The view that God creates the moral law is cal ... ngs. Yet another assumption is that man is incapable of making moral decisions without some kind of divine guidance. In other words, man must have God's help or else he just can't determine exactly wh ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Setting Up A Moral System
moral standard that is placed upon them. Examples ofnon-consequentialism are Kant's Duty Ethics and Divine Command Theory. The conflictbetween the two is whether to do what is best according to the ou ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
GOd and Morality
he debates using a concept first used by G.W Leibniz "discourse on Metaphysics" that states; If the Divine Command Theory were true, then the Ten Commandments could have gone something like this: "Tho ... but also convicted criminals are much more likely to be theists than atheists.Second, the threat of divine punishment cannot impose a moral obligation, for might does not make right. Threats extort; t ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Why does Plato argue that divine commands can never be genuinely moral commands? Do you agree?
From the Euthyphro dilemma, Plato argues that divine commands can never be genuinely moral. The divine commands are those belonging or coming from ... ish us when he detects any failures. Thus suggesting that the fear that motivates us to follow such divine commands is not a suitable motive to a certain moral action. Another argument that Plato pres ... itable motive to a certain moral action. Another argument that Plato presents is that God sets such divine commands because they are moral which raises the idea that morality exists as an entity separ ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Contemporary Philosophy
The Divine Command Theory and the Euthyphro Dilemma.
The concept that moral actions are those that conform to God's will is within the context of the Divine Command Theory. This theory explores whether an action is right or wrong by determining wheth ... s right for his father to commit murder.Socrates, interested in Euthyphro's knowledge of all things divine, wishes to become Euthyphro's student so that he can challenge Meletus before the trial. He a ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
With Regards to the Matter of Philosophy....
Theory, as it could have negative results but will benefit me. This is in complete opposite to the Divine Command Theory; in which we are told that as long as we do the will of God then we are right. ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
The difference between philosophy and religion (reason and faith)
ion occupies most of the people who lean to some beings that are beyond human grasp. I will discuss Divine Command Theory in order to elaborate the view of religion on morality. I will then explain th ... following God's commandments, and immorality is the violation of God's commandments. Explaining the Divine Command Theory will help me express Christian thought of human conduct precisely.Divine Comma ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Euthryphro And Divine Command Theory
The divine command theory states that something is right or wrong if God commands or forbids it. The the ... arify the meaning and use of ethical expressions, such as "good", which we see contained within the divine command theory.Several obstacles arise in attempting to clarify what the divine command theor ... The first impediment would be the definition or description of what is meant by God as used in the divine command theory. The description of God must be both substantial and rational in order to prov ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
How should Theists interpret the Abraham and Isaac story? Is this story an endorsement of divine command Theory? OR does it undermine Divine Command theory? OR does it neither endorse nor undermine Divine Command Theory
Radowski How should Theists interpret the Abraham and Isaac story? Is this story an endorsement of divine command Theory? OR does it undermine Divine Command theory? OR does it neither endorse nor un ... yThe biblical story of Abraham and Isaac presents an interesting analogy for those of the belief in Divine Command Theory (which I will refer to in shorthand of [DCT]) while also providing a jump off ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Morality Not Necessary Linked to Religion
r to find out what is morally right - defined as a system of ideas of right and wrong behavior. The Divine Command Theory defends that in fact God commands what is morally right and forbids what is mo ... pp. 63). I claim that Plato argument is right, that in fact God is not the creator of morality.The Divine Command Theory is a kind of moral relativism: what is right or wrong is what the divine autho ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Morality Not Necessary Linked to Religion
r to find out what is morally right - defined as a system of ideas of right and wrong behavior. The Divine Command Theory defends that in fact God commands what is morally right and forbids what is mo ... pp. 63). I claim that Plato argument is right, that in fact God is not the creator of morality.The Divine Command Theory is a kind of moral relativism: what is right or wrong is what the divine autho ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy