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Divine command theory

Divine command theory (also known as theological voluntarism) is a meta-ethical theory which proposes that an action's status as morally good is equivalent to whether it is commanded by God. The theory asserts that what is moral is determined by God's commands and that for a person to be moral he is to follow God's commands. Followers of both…

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related to Bibliography · 118
Divine command theory → Action, Adams, An Anthology, An Introduction, Ashgate Publishing, Baggett, Becky Cox, Being, Blackwell Publishers, BRILL, Broadview Press, Case-Based Approach, Cengage Learning, Chandler, Christian Perspectives, Christianity, Clarendon Press, Company, Concise Anthology, Connolly
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related to Pluralism · 11
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related to Augustine · 10
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related to Immanuel Kant · 10
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Divine command theory → Divine Command, Internet Encyclopedia, Internet InfidelsTheological Voluntarism, Moral Argument, Morality, Philosophy, PhilosophyGod, Stanford Encyclopedia
related to Omnibenevolence · 8
Divine command theory → Edward Wierenga, God, God's, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, He, It, Neither, William Wainwright
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Divine command theory → Edward Wierenga, God, H2O, He, Hugh Storer Chandler, Philosopher William Wainwright, This, Wainwright
related to Thomas Aquinas · 7
Divine command theory → Anne Poortenga, Aquinas, Clark, God, Kelly James Clark, Poortenga, Whilst Thomas Aquinas
related to Robert Adams · 5
Divine command theory → Adams, American, God's, It, Robert Merrihew Adams

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