Divine will/divine command moral theories and the problem of arbitrariness

Autor:	Thomas L. Carson
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Philosophy Preference theory Divine command theory Divine law Religious studies Commit Arbitrariness Epistemology
Zdroj:	Religious Studies. 48:445-468
ISSN:	1469-901X 0034-4125
Popis:	A well-known objection to divine will/divine command moral theories is that they commit us to the view that God's will is arbitrary. I argue that several versions of divine will/divine command moral theories, including two of Robert Adams's versions of the DCT and my own divine preference theory, can be successfully defended against this objection. I argue that, even if God's preferences are somewhat arbitrary,wehave reasons to conform our wills to them. It is not a fatal objection to divine will/divine command moral theories if they imply that God's will/God's commands is/are arbitrary, to some extent.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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