PHIL 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Divine Command Theory, Euthyphro Dilemma, Cultural Relativism

• School: Cornell University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1100
• Professor: Karen Bennett

Document Summary

Superergatory: going behind the call of duty, above moral obligations. Really risky save (places great danger on yourself), giving huge amounts of money to charity. What makes something morally required or morally forbidden. In virtue of what does certain actions go in certain places on the list. Four different answers to the question in virtue of what does an action count as right/wrong. The actions that are morally obligatory are the ones that god commands you to do. The actions that are morally impermissible are the ones that god forbids you to do. The actions that are morally permissible god remains silent on. Going to go under the assumption that god exists. Challenge: plato considers a version of this view, thinking of the gods rather than judeo-christian. The euthyphro dilemma: are things pious because the gods love them or do gods love things because they are pious. Gives two options; whichever path taken gets into trouble.