Quotes Flashcards
What famous philisophical question does Socrates ask Euthyphro in the Euthyphro Dilemma?
“Is the pious loved by the Gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the Gods”
What quote summarises Horn 1?
“X is right because God commands it”
What quote summarises Horn 2?
“God commands X because it is right”
What does Adams say a modified divine command theorist would say?
That “an act is wrong if and only if it is contrary to God’s will or commands (assuming God loves us)”
What is commonly said about the road to Hell? What does this mean for DCT?
“The road to Hell is paved with good intentions”, we can mean well but still do a bad thing, DCT says meaning well and doing good is NOT the same, the only way we can achieve moral goodness is by being obedient to God.
