DCT Flashcards
Give a quote on DCT from Exodus.
Exodus 20:13-15 “You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal.”
Give a quote from Matthew on DCT.
Matther 22:37 “Jesus replied ‘Love your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind’ This is the first and greatest commandment”- situation ethics?
Give a quote from Plato/ Euthyphro on DCT.
“Whether the pious or holy is beloved by the gods because it is holy, or holy because it is beloved by the gods?”
Give a quote from Robert Adams on the foundations of his modified DCT.
“By ‘X is ethically wrong’ I mean that ‘X is contrary to the commands of a loving God’”
Give a criticism of DCT from A. McIntyre.
“If I am liable to be sent to hell for not doing what God commands, I am thereby provided with a corrupting… motive for serving the good.”
Give a criticism of DCT from Baggini.
“God, if he exists, is the greatest relativist of all”- situation ethics?