Christian Divine Command Theory

Question 1

general views of Christian Divine command theory

Answer 1

-God origin and regulator of morality
-gods act of commanding something good or bad makes it good or bad
-e.g 10 commandments, divine law

Question 2

example of christian DCT

Answer 2

Abraham and Isaac.

Question 3

DCT and objective

Answer 3

-Gods command makes something right or wrong in an objective sense
-objective means mind independent
-if something is objectively true then its a matter if fact not of opinion .

Question 4

achieving good

Answer 4

-simply a matter of following gods command
-christians believe that god exist s and therefore the fundamental nature of reality includes divinity.
-since morality is what God commands, morality therefore has a meta physical foundation in reality.

Question 5

superior to God?

Answer 5

if there were a command superior to Gods command then god would be inferior to that thing.
-god is all powerful and cant be inferior.
-if goodness was not a matter of gods command then god would be unable to change what is good/bad or to make something good/ bad.
-in that case there would be something God lacks the power to do. which would make him not omnipotent. omnipotent power must include power over morality.