Divine command theory
Divine command Theory (also known as Theological voluntarism)[1][2] is a meta-ethical Theory which proposes that an action's status as morally good is equivalent to wheTher it is commanded by God. the Theory asserts that what is moral is determined by God's commands and that for a person to be moral he is to follow God's commands. Followers of both monoTheistic and polyTheistic religions in ancient and modern times have often accepted the importance of God's commands in establishing morality.
Variants
Numerous variants of the Theory have been presented: historically, figures including Saint Augustine, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham and Søren Kierkegaard have presented various versions of divine command Theory; more recently, Robert Merrihew Adamshas proposed a "modified divine command Theory" based on The omnibenevolence of God in which morality is linked to human conceptions of right and wrong. Paul Copan has argued in favour of the Theory from a Christian viewpoint, and Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski's divine motivation Theory proposes that God's motivations, raTher than commands, are the source of morality.
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