Divine Command Theory

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Divine Will is known as God’s will. Masha Allah is an Arabic phrase, that in translation means ‘god has willed it’. The phrase gives meaning to Arabic speaking Christian’s and Muslim’s, who use the word Masha Allah out of happiness and praise. The term God’s will, has been carried on throughout many different religions. Divine Command Theory is the meta-ethical theory that creates a foundation for philosophers as well as religions; it proposes that what is considered morally right or wrong is solely based on if God commands it. In this paper I am going to provide supporting facts and information of why we should not act morally solely based on God’s will.
In the Bible, John 6:38 states “For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.” In this text Jesus Christ is speaking, saying that he was sent down from heaven to do the will of god. Doing God’s will or his divine will, we must understand what God’s Divine Laws are first. A familiar story from the bible is the one of Moses. Moses traveled to Mount Sanai, where God had given him 10 commandments on stones that …show more content…

Looking at Kant’s Theory of Divine Commands through his deontological theory, we can acknowledge that the right or wrongs of an individual’s actions does not depend on the consequences of those actions, but rather if they are fulfilling our duties. According to Interpreting Kant’s Theory of Divine Commands by Patrick Kain “Kant rejected “theological morality”, insisting that no one, including God, can be the “author” of the moral law because the more law id categorically necessary, non-positive law.” Kain continues and states “Kant repeatedly suggest (in his published works, notes, and lectures) that is proper, even necessary to view our moral obligations as divine commands. As Kant wrote in the Religion, “an ethical community is conceivable only as a people under divine

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