The Divine Command Theory (DCT)
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The Divine Command Theory (DCT) is the view that the morality of our actions is said to be determined by God. It is a system of ideas which claims that the moral perspective of actions is set by determining whether such actions are commanded by God or not. Those actions commanded by God are said to be morally right actions while other actions that are not commanded by God are said to be morally wrong. The DCT claims that God is the judge of all that is right and wrong. He does so by commanding us to do right, which means the performance of actions that are commanded by God is considered morally right, while the performance of any actions that are not commanded by God, and prohibited by God, is said to be morally wrong.
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Theists are people who believe in the existence of a perfect and immaterial God. He claims that theists should reject the DCT because God himself is good and therefore his commands will be morally right, but that does not mean that his commands are morally right because he is God, but rather his commands are morally right because God himself is good and therefore he would only give us commands that are good, or morally right. He claims that all though God’s commands are morally right, we must look deeply at the reason as to why they are right. Just because His commands are morally right in our world does not mean that the DCT would still hold up if God, in a parallel universe, commands “killing people for sport,” which we view as morally wrong.
He claims that God commands us to do what is morally right, whether it be due to some moral code that is recognized but not set by God or some other reason. Therefore it is hard to distinguish between the reasons why God’s commands are morally right. Some, like theists, would claim otherwise, that God’s commands are morally right regardless, which supports the DCT. Others like Shafer-Landau would claim that God’s
The Divine Command Theory (DCT) is the view that the morality of our actions is said to be determined by God. It is a system of ideas which claims that the moral perspective of actions is set by determining whether such actions are commanded by God or not. Those actions commanded by God are said to be morally right actions while other actions that are not commanded by God are said to be morally wrong. The DCT claims that God is the judge of all that is right and wrong. He does so by commanding us to do right, which means the performance of actions that are commanded by God is considered morally right, while the performance of any actions that are not commanded by God, and prohibited by God, is said to be morally wrong.
However, with …show more content…
Theists are people who believe in the existence of a perfect and immaterial God. He claims that theists should reject the DCT because God himself is good and therefore his commands will be morally right, but that does not mean that his commands are morally right because he is God, but rather his commands are morally right because God himself is good and therefore he would only give us commands that are good, or morally right. He claims that all though God’s commands are morally right, we must look deeply at the reason as to why they are right. Just because His commands are morally right in our world does not mean that the DCT would still hold up if God, in a parallel universe, commands “killing people for sport,” which we view as morally wrong.
He claims that God commands us to do what is morally right, whether it be due to some moral code that is recognized but not set by God or some other reason. Therefore it is hard to distinguish between the reasons why God’s commands are morally right. Some, like theists, would claim otherwise, that God’s commands are morally right regardless, which supports the DCT. Others like Shafer-Landau would claim that God’s