PHIL 2103 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Divine Command Theory, Quran
25 Aug 2016
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How do we get these moral truths if we are just complex bundles of matter. Morality can be objective only if god exists: 2. Therefore, morality cannot be objective: or, 1. If god doesn"t exist, then objective morality doesn"t exist: 2. One argument for thinking god to be the source of morality: 1. Therefore, the moral law requires a lawmaker: 3. Humans cannot be the author of the moral law (since we are fallible: 4. If humans cannot be the author of the moral law, then god is its author: 5. Therefore, god is the author of the moral law: rejects premise 2 laws of science (i. e. physics, gravity, etc. ) Divine command theory: an act is morally required just because it is commanded by god, and immoral just because god forbids it, okay, but here"s the question: Then it seems we could say this: god"s commands are good, not because god commands them, but because god is good.
