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Divine Command Theories of Ethics Summary
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Divine Command Theories of Ethics The general perspective on ethics known as theological voluntarism usually appears in philosophical discussions in the specific form of divine command theories. As its title suggests, theological voluntarism is the...
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Divine command theory is the metaethical theory that an act is obligatory if and only if, and because, it is commanded by God. Divine command theory is widely criticized by what is known as the Euthyphro dilemma (after its first appearance in Plato's...


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Divine Motivation Theory.(Book Review)
12/01/2005: 807 words, approx. 3 pages
DIVINE MOTIVATION THEORY. By Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski. New York: Cambridge University, 2004. Pp. xvii + 410. $70; $28.99. Zagzebski addresses two distinct tasks: exposition and defense of a non-teleological virtue ethics (part 1) and its grounding in an explicitly Christian theistic metaphysics...
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Theological Studies
Divine-command, natural-law, and mutual-love ethics.
12/01/1996: 10,466 words, approx. 35 pages
An ethical theory based on mutual love is more appropriate than either divine-command or natural-law approaches to Christian ethics. Divine-command ethics emphasizes obedience to God's sovereign will, whereas natural-law ethics regards the fulfillment of human nature as the goal of ethical action. The natural-law...
 


 

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