Divine Command Theory Introduction

Question 1

naturalism

Answer 1

-primary precepts
-unconditional love
-character of people
-pain and pleasure
-all of this is in natural
-define

Question 2

non-naturalism

Answer 2

intuition
god
this isn’t from the natural world. hard to see how intuition wild actually work but there’s something supernatural about it. god is a supernatural
dont seek to define good

Question 3

divine

Answer 3

god

Question 4

command

Answer 4

order/rules

Question 5

divine command theory- basic

Answer 5

gods moral commands/ rules theory

Question 6

divine command theory

Answer 6

-right moral action is one that is commanded by God, wrong moral action is one that God forbids.
-deontological
-cognitive, claims objective right or wrong revealed directly by God.

Question 7

Religious Legalism

Answer 7

-another form of DCT
-believer would argue that every law contained within their scripture is completely right and must be followed.
-there are degrees of legalism within all religions

Question 8

whats legalism

Answer 8

-legalism also known as religious fundamentalism
-as the scripture of a religion are seen as giving fundamental rules that must be followed in all circumstances.
-religious liberals reject legalism and argue many religious rules are outdated, so they don’t apply in todays society.

Question 9

Religious Ethics

Answer 9

-ethics that generally state ethical values come from God.

Question 10

Secular ethics

Answer 10

-ethical values aren’t from religion or God in any way
-could contend that our ethical values come from authority powers or from societal values or universal declaration.

Question 11

Richard Dawkins

Answer 11

-we would be better without religion, we should find our ethical values in secular world.
-religion can cause immortality
-“God Delusion”
-advocate of science

Question 12

Alistair Mc Grath

Answer 12

-rejected much of Dawkins view
-‘The Dawkins Delusion’