Category: Divine Command Theories
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Euthyphro Again: The ‘Bite the Bullet’ Response
From the IEP entry on Divine Command Theory: a. Bite the Bullet One possible response to the Euthyphro Dilemma is to simply accept that if God does command cruelty, then inflicting it upon others would be morally obligatory. In Super 4 Libros Sententiarum, William of Ockham states that the actions which we call “theft” and “adultery”…