I reply to criticisms of the divine command theory with an eye to noting the relation of ethics to an ontological ground. The criticisms include: the theory makes the standard of right and wrong arbitrary, it traps the defender of the theory in a vicious circle, it violates moral autonomy, it is a relic of our early deontological state of moral development. I then suggest how Henry Veatch's view of good as an ontological feature of the world provides a context in which the divine command theory can be reasonably justified
Divine law theories of metaethics claim that moral rightness is grounded in God’s commands, wishes a...
A number of important religious views entail that the ontological and epistemic relations ...
In this paper I argue that, although Kant argues that morality is independent of God (and hence, agr...
Recent defenders of the divine command theory like Adams and Alston have confronted the Euthyphro di...
In Robert Adams’ famous book, “Finite and Infinite Goods,” he proposes a moral value theory that is ...
Divine law theories of metaethics claim that moral rightness is grounded in God�s commands, wishes...
Philosophical approaches to ancient Israelite religion are rare, as is metaethical refl ection on th...
Assuming divine command theory is true, there are no moral limits on the commands God can issue. Nev...
Mark Murphy argues that the property identity version of divine command theory, coupled with the doc...
Twentieth-century analytic philosophy ushered in a renewed interest in an ethical theory known as th...
My dissertation focuses on the Euthyphro question, from one of the Socratic dialogues, understood in...
I argue that there are persistent problems in contemporary modifications of divine command theory. D...
Divine law theories of metaethics claim that moral rightness is grounded in God’s commands, wishes a...
A number of important religious views entail that the ontological and epistemic relations ...
In this paper I argue that, although Kant argues that morality is independent of God (and hence, agr...
Recent defenders of the divine command theory like Adams and Alston have confronted the Euthyphro di...
In Robert Adams’ famous book, “Finite and Infinite Goods,” he proposes a moral value theory that is ...
Divine law theories of metaethics claim that moral rightness is grounded in God�s commands, wishes...
Philosophical approaches to ancient Israelite religion are rare, as is metaethical refl ection on th...
Assuming divine command theory is true, there are no moral limits on the commands God can issue. Nev...
Mark Murphy argues that the property identity version of divine command theory, coupled with the doc...
Twentieth-century analytic philosophy ushered in a renewed interest in an ethical theory known as th...
My dissertation focuses on the Euthyphro question, from one of the Socratic dialogues, understood in...
I argue that there are persistent problems in contemporary modifications of divine command theory. D...
Divine law theories of metaethics claim that moral rightness is grounded in God’s commands, wishes a...
A number of important religious views entail that the ontological and epistemic relations ...
In this paper I argue that, although Kant argues that morality is independent of God (and hence, agr...