Ethics and God: the Divine Command Theory and the Euthyphro Dilemma - 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology (opens in new tab)

This essay introduces the Divine Command Theory of ethics, that wrong actions are wrong because God forbids them and right actions are right because God commands them, and the most important responses to it, which date back to Socrates’ discussion in ancient Greece with a man named Euthyphro. The post Ethics and God: the Divine Command Theory and the Euthyphro Dilemma first appeared on 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology.