PHIL 347 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Divine Command Theory

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 347
• Professor: Yoshiki Kobasigawa

Document Summary

Morally right action is in accordance of god"s wishes. Human life is a gift of god, therefore should be preserved. God wishes that others do not take lives. God wishes actions to be done because they are morally right. What makes an action morally right = god"s wishes. We can imagine a situation where god wishes innocent children to be tortured, and that situation would be morally correct. In the imagined situation, the action is morally wrong. Response: 1 does not lead to 2 - god is good, therefore couldn"t wish innocent children to be tortured. Therefore, there is good/evil prior to god"s wishes.