principle of ethics (Divine Command )

principle of ethics (Divine Command )

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In 500 words or more (no less), explain how one might use Divine Command Theory to follow a secular philosophy.

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            The Divine Command Theory (DCT) mainly illustrates that actions, choices or behaviors that are considered good because God has commanded these actions as good, and the actions can be considered bad if God forbids them. This theory asserts that God determines what is moral, and for someone to be moral then they have to follow the commands. Both ancient and modern times have generally accepted the necessity of God’s command in establishments of morality (Hofreiter, 2018). The DCT continues to argue that it is the moral duty of people to avoid violation of this divine command even though violating of the command would give better outcomes (Evans, 2014). A good example to elaborate on this is taking a patient’s life to assuage the patient’s suffering from the terminal sickness. Violating such an act would be murder, and God forbids murder but still if the command is violated then the patient is assuaged from the terminal illness.

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