A Christological Critique of Divine Command Theory
This paper presents a theological critique of divine command theory, a metaethical theory stating that moral wrongness is constituted by God’s command. First, I argue that this theory does not qualify as a Christian moral theory because it lacks connections to central parts of Christian theology, su...
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Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 4 |
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Robert Adams
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