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The Influence Of Kierkegaard On The Divine Command Theory

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To answer the question if Kierkegaard had a restricted or unrestricted view on the divine command theory I believe we need to take a close look at the divine command theory. In my opinion a great general summery of what the divine command theory is comes from the pg. 23 the first page of the chapter.
The divine command theory about to be presented is what we may call an “unrestricted” view about the relation between God and morality because it proposes to explain the nature of both the right and the good terms of God’s command (Timmons, 2013). This stands out to me more than anything else in the chapter, because that one statement outlines the criteria that Kierkegaard must fulfill to either have a restricted or unrestricted view on the divine command theory. To reentrant and to make where I’m going with this clear; if the divine command theory is “unrestricted” in its view between God and morality then …show more content…

Now since the Divine command theory that’s a simplistic view of what is right and wrong, good and bad in the world I think it can easily be deduced what kind of stance Kierkegaard stance is. Within the context of the theory of divine command, the theory of right conduct and the theory of value is the direct outline from which the prime directives of the theory of divine command are laid out. From here it is just a simple matter of taking these rules and applying them to Kierkegaard’s examples of Abraham, Judas, Brutus, Jephtha, The Virgin Marry, and Agamemnon. According to history and the theory of right conduct in the divine command theory all of the fore mentioned examples were either doing what they thought was; right, wrong, or possible optional and same can be said, about the theory of value. Now where

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