the divine command theory ethics

what is this a description of the belief that god commands what right or wrong

• the divine command theory

• natural law

• situation ethics

what is reason

• aquinases method of observation of the world around us

• aristotles method of observation of the world around us

• anselms method of observation of the world around us

what is experience

• utilitarianism look at experience of consequences

• natural laws look at experience of consequences

• situation eithics look at experience of consequences

what is linked to how Christians should behave

• the Christian understanding of god and father

• the Christian understanding of son and the father

• the Christian understanding of god and the whole spiret

witch of theses are strengths of the divine command theory

• it fits with Christian ideas that god is omnipotent this is the idea of the divine sovignty

• fits with Christian ideas of god as creator of the universe who expect humans to care for the environment

• it is an objective moral system not based on human emotion or consequence

• it emphasises the virtue of obedience the idea of Christians being created to be "slaves of Christ"

• its no universal

witch of theses are descriptions of god

• omnibenevolent

• omnipresent

• omnipotent

• omniscient

what's omnibenevolent

• all loving

• all powerful

• all knowing

what's omnipotent

• all loving

• all powerful

• all knowing

what's omniscient

• all loving

• all powerfull

• all knowing

what doeses the divine command theory say

• that humans must obey god and what they want

• that humans must obey the laws of nature and not do as they want

• that humans must obey human instict and what they want