Divine Command Theory

Created by: gracew23
Created on: 11-05-21 13:22

WHAT ARE THE 4 MAIN POINTS?

- god is all powerful and has total freedom
- god orders the universe by his divine law
- god chooses not to act unfairly, because that would be inconsistent with his nature
- humans, being powerless, should obey God's law - in doing so this makes them go

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WHY DO HUMANS HAVE TO FOLLOW GOD'S LAW?

- God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent
- duty
- fair
- knows the whole plan
- as part of his creation we have a duty to follow his will
- God is perfect

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WHAT TYPE OF THEORY IS DCT?

its a meta-ethical theory as its concerned about what good is and where is comes from

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WHAT MAKES THINGS MORALLY GOOD OR BAD?

Things are morally good or bad or morally obligatory, permissible or prohibited, soley because of God’s will or commands.

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WHAT IS THE KEY THING DCT ASKS?

Asks where does goodness come from

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SOCRATES ASK....

Socrates asks ‘is the Holy approved by the Gods because it’s holy, or is it holy because it’s approved?’

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WHO IS PLATO?

Plato is one of the world’s best known and most widely read and studied philosophers. He was the student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle.

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EUTHYPRO DILEMMA QUOTE

'Do the gods love what is good because it is good or is something good because the gods love it?’
God making good things or does he come across things and then decide something is good.

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is something good...

Is something good because god says it is good or was it good before God? Is good independent of God? Or does God make things good.

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WHY DO HUMANS HAVE TO FOLLOW GOD'S LAW?

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- God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent
- duty
- fair
- knows the whole plan
- as part of his creation we have a duty to follow his will
- God is perfect

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WHAT TYPE OF THEORY IS DCT?

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WHAT MAKES THINGS MORALLY GOOD OR BAD?

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WHAT IS THE KEY THING DCT ASKS?

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