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Running Head: INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
Introduction to Ethics
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INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
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Religious philosophers have rejected the divine command theory as the correct explanation
in regards to the Euthyphro dilemma. These philosophers have wide areas of arguments which
they have put forth so as to advance their argument. First of all these philosophers say that one to
be moral, then one has to have faith in God and afterlife. They assert that our morality is connected
to existence of God because demands of morality are too much for human beings to bear. They go
on to justify that human beings need God to assist them in meeting the demands of morality. With
the belief in mind, then human beings can exhibit a moral life.
The philosophers have also refuted explanation of morality by the demand command
theory. They argue that they is no direct connection of a happy person who has its place in the
world and morality. They say that where there is moral does not guarantee one to be happy and
thus people must believe that people must have a belief in God who rewards morally righteous
with happiness.
Philosophers refute the claim by divine command theory which gives a provision of
objective metaphysical foundation for morality. They refute this by saying that in any case the
existence of truth becomes perplexing then it is because it does not say clearly how moral
properties can be of existence through non moral properties.
They also argue that a deed is not acknowledged if it is against commands of God. The
philosophers say that it is not accepted and they lay their argument that an action is wrong ethically
if it is does not meeting the rules set by the loving God. They say that morality is not basing itself
with the God’s command.
These religious philosophers also refute the divine command theory idea of God being
the source of moral obligation. The theory only makes some morals obligatory, and that action is
INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
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seen wrong instead of the commandments that are set out by God. The philosophers would
continue to argue that being powerful morally is not found in human beings but it is God who has
that moral jurisdiction by virtue of the heavenly nature. There is also the point of which refutes the
divine command theory by the philosophers and they say that morality is not dependent on God’s
will. They say both morality and religion are logically independent and that one can obey the
commands of a powerful person including God. In this regard they say such obedience shown to
leaders are not morally obligatory.
Question 2
Rachel’s statement ‘If cultural relativism is true then moral progress is impossible’ meant
several things. One of the views he meant was that what is righ...
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