Is It Morally Permissible for Some People to Rape and Murder? Responding to Erik Wielenberg's Argument That Divine Command Theory Fails to Explain How Psychopaths Have Moral Obligations

Atheist moral philosopher Erik Wielenberg recently argued that Divine Command Theory is implausible as an explanation of objective morality because it fails to explain how psychopaths have moral obligations. In this paper I explain that everyone agrees the consciences of psychopaths don’t work as th...

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Main Author: Johnson, Adam Lloyd (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 4
Further subjects:B Moral Realism
B Robert Adams
B Divine Love Theory
B Duties
B Erik Wielenberg
B Divine Command Theory
B psychopath
B Metaethics
B Ethics
B Morality
B Obligations
B William Lane Craig
B David Baggett
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