PHIL 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Divine Command Theory, Cultural Relativism, Deontological Ethics
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16 Oct 2011
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Class 1 - 7 ethics toolkit lecture 2 theory. Good = god approves: the divine command theory, actions are right because god commands them. God could have chosen anything, he commanded them. No other standard for good except god"s choice, god doesn"t have basis to choose love over hate, no independent reason to choose one over the other. If there were an independent reason, good would equal something else. Wouldn"t just be god approves, ethics is arbitrary because god commands them: god command actions because they are the right things to do. Other standard of goodness that exist in the world. What that standard is that god relies on to command us. Doesn"t explain why they are good, god would just command things that are already good. The divine command theory serves as a signpost of good, points towards what"s good. Would have to reject this definition of the good that which god commands or approves us to do.
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