Divine Command Morality: Historical and Contemporary ReadingsE. Mellen Press, 1979 - 333 pages An anthology that provides new translations and makes available much of the relevant historical literature needed for an exploration of the view that morality is very literally created by God. Contains 41 selections representing discussions of divine command morality in Ancient philosophy, scholastic philosophical theology, the Reformation tradition, the British modern period, and contemporary analytic philosophy. This book includes a bibliography of Latin, French, English, German, and Italian sources on divine command morality. |
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... created will gains merit by fulfilling a divine precept , a created will can thus be deserving of merit by hating God , which seems most inappropriate .... 0 To the one objection I reply that the hatred of God , theft , adultery , and ...
... created will gains merit by fulfilling a divine precept , a created will can thus be deserving of merit by hating God , which seems most inappropriate .... 0 To the one objection I reply that the hatred of God , theft , adultery , and ...
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... created law is absolutely first . Proof : For just as no created thing has of itself the power of creating , so no created law has of itself the power of binding ; for as the Apostle states , Romans , 13 , " Power comes only from God ...
... created law is absolutely first . Proof : For just as no created thing has of itself the power of creating , so no created law has of itself the power of binding ; for as the Apostle states , Romans , 13 , " Power comes only from God ...
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... created the whole universe without holding that he created the laws of ethics ( or of logic for that matter ) . These laws are just the sort of thing that could not from the nature of the case be created at all . But without having been ...
... created the whole universe without holding that he created the laws of ethics ( or of logic for that matter ) . These laws are just the sort of thing that could not from the nature of the case be created at all . But without having been ...
Contents
A GUIDE TO | 1 |
The Rationale of Divine Command Morality | 8 |
An Offshoot of Divine Command Ethics | 21 |
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