Morality and Divine Command Theory, a Question
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You might enjoy a paper called "A New Euthyphro" by Glenn Peoples (that's me). I can't post a URL in the comments section, but if you've got an interest in divine command ethics I've got a lot of material you'd probably enjoy. If you google this article and my name you'll find it.
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Imagine a culture that bases its morality on commands etched onto an ancient stone tablet found in a forest. Everyone in this culture reveres their morality. But then, today, a team of archaeologists has been digging in that forest and has come upon more stone tablets, each one recording an utterly different set of commands: "kill all strangers," etc. Imagine how the people of this culture, hearing this news, would find their sense of the meaning of their moral code undercut!
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The Euthyphro dilemma is only a dilemma if you know what God is thinking.
If you don't know what God is thinking, then you needn't worry about Divine Command Theory - you don't know what propositions it leads to.
If you do know what God is thinking, then you needn't worry about Divine Command Theory. You are clearly as daft as a chocolate fireguard - why should anything trouble you?
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This would be Pat Robertson saying that because God commands it that it is so.
ToxicOdiousOne 2 years ago
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Pretty much. *I* don't think it is a particularly good way to go about founding morality, but, if someone is willing to make the claim, I'm not sure that calling them "abritrary" is going to give them much pause. At least, that is what the thrust of the video is supposed to be about. What do you think?
Carnife 2 years ago