CAS PH 150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Divine Command Theory, Moral Authority, Atheism

• School: Boston University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: CAS PH 150
• Professor: Matt Cartmill

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This rests on the idea the morality must be created by someone. Argument for god"s creation of morality: every law requires a lawmaker, therefore, the moral law requires a lawmaker, humans cannot be the author of the moral law (since we are imperfect in so many ways) If human cannot be the author of the moral law, then god is its author. 4: therefore, god is the author of the moral law. God commands them? : euthyphro chose the first option, divine command theory affirms the second option, opting that morality does not exist without god because god created everything. Therefore, the first option is impossible: but it"s not impossible: if god is creating moral rules: what made him choose that rape, theft, and murder are immoral, this question creates a conflict for divine command. Theory a god that creates rules arbitrarily is imperfect.