The Divine Command Theory

The Divine Command Theory
The Divine Command Theory is a theory about the nature of right and wrong. This theory basically says that something which is “morally right” is something that is “commanded by God” and likewise, something which is “morally wrong” is something that is “forbidden by God”. There are, like with any other ethical theory, some major criticisms. Socrates asks the question “is conduct right because God Commands it, or does God command it because it is right.” This leads us to our two major criticisms of The Divine Command Theory.
The first of which brings up the fact that God commands truthfulness. But truth telling is neither good or bad, it is because o...