My Argument about Pizza and God

12. February 2009 by Raleigh Miller.

I’m writing a paper right now that I’m pretty excited about. One in which I actually come to the defense of Divine Command Theory. The allegedly damning argument contra DCT says “If God has reasons for commanding some action A, than it is God’s reasons, and not God’s having commanded thusly, which make A morally correct.” Put that together with a line about how if God doesn’t have reasons, he’s arbitrary, and morality can’t be arbitrary, and you seem to have put the nail in the coffin, wrapped the DCTist in an inescapable dilemma. I think both of those premises are false. Read the rest of this entry »

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