The Euthyphro Dilemma: Critiques of Personal Theism as provi…
The Euthyphro Dilemma: Critiques of Personal Theism as providing a coherent account of God’s relationship to good and evil (right and wrong). . The late philosopher at West Point, Louis Pojman, thought he had the Hebrew or Christian Divine Command Theorist in a corner with the “morality is arbitrary” problem that adherents of the DCT (Divine Command Theory) have. Pojman thinks that there is no way around the moral instability that would result if the DCT is true. Many problems surface. For instance, Pojman thinks that the Divine Command Theorist is left with the epistemic problem of figuring out if the Judeo-Christian Scriptures (i.e. the Bible) are true. Also, if morality is arbitrary then moral commands from God might be the same as moral commands from the devil (depending upon the day). Finally, a God of love seems inconsistent with the ability to make it right to rape, torture, and kill people. (Pojman, Discovering Right and Wrong, p. 196) . What response would Divine Nature Theorists say in response to Pojman’s analysis? (Instructor’s Document)
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