Al-Ghazālī's Divine Command Theory: Biting the Bullet
This article reviews al-Ghazālī's conception of Divine Command Theory (DCT) in light of contemporary philosophical developments. There are two well-known objections against DCT. These include the problem of arbitrariness (PoA), which states that God randomly chose our moral framework for no rea...
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Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2021
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2021, Volume: 49, Issue: 3, Pages: 546-576 |
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Ashʿarism
B Morality B Islam B Divine Command Theory B maqāṣid al-sharīʿa B Natural Law B al-Ghazālī B Jurisprudence |
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