PHILOSOPHY - Religion: God and Morality, Part 2
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Morality transcends earthly laws through God's commands, but following His commands based on what is good for humans implies an independent moral truth. Obeying God's commands due to His authority challenges the divine command theory by suggesting the existence of moral obligations independent of His commands.
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- Obeying God's commands based on His superior authority implies that moral obligations exist independently of His commands, contradicting the divine command theory.
- Following God's commands because He knows better does not equate to Him creating moral law; rather, He possesses independent truths about morality, challenging the divine command theory.
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What is the divine command theory?
The divine command theory posits that morality is based on God's commands.
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"Divine Command Theory and Moral Independence"
- Stephen Darwall, a philosophy professor at Yale University, discusses the divine command theory, which suggests that morality transcends earthly laws due to God's commands.
- The theory is challenged by the idea that following God's commands because He knows better does not mean He creates moral law; rather, He knows independent truths about morality.
- Following God's commands based on what is good or bad for humans implies a belief in morality independent of God's commands.
- If obeying God is justified by His superior authority, it implies that moral obligations exist independently of His commands, contradicting the divine command theory.
