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Divine Command Theory Assignment | Ethics Assignment

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Divine Command Theory Assignment | Ethics Assignment

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1ETHICSThe Dvine Command Theory claims that God is the ultimate authority and his commandsshould be regarded as the ulterior source of ethical commands that should determine the courseof human action (McLachlan, 2009). The divine commands should be followed regardless of theconsequences, as God’s commands are the only sources of ethics, to be followed. Moral good iscompletely dependent on God and divine commands. The Kantian Duty Ethis theory, however,states that an action can be inherently right or it can be inherently wrong, regardless of theconsequence it may have. Right course of actions should be pursued simply because they are theright things to do, and wrong course of action should be dismissed because they are wrong, andthe wrong action must be avoided, even if the wrong action may not necessarily lead to badconsequence. If an action is right, one should do it, even if it may produce wrong or harmfulconsequences. Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics Theory states that an individual who is willing to lead a nobleand ethical life, must ensure that he follows the ideal character traits as followed by any othervirtuous person in his life. The character of a virtuous person develops through his habit, andthus his ethical nature is not a gifted quality, but rather an acquired skill. Prudence, justice,temperance and courage are the four important virtues that a person must imbibe, if he wishes tolead an ethical life. Socrates’ Teleological theory adopts a consequentialist approach, and statesthat while determining the moral value of an action, the moral intent with which an action isperformed, does not deserve serious consideration, and rather the ultimate consequence of theaction will determine its moral value (McLachlan, 2009). If the end of an action is good ordesirable, the action should be performed, and should be regarded as ethically right, while in casethe end of an action is not good, even if the action had a noble intent, it will fail to qualify as amoral action. The action has no moral value, but its end has.
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