The Psychopath Objection to Divine Command Theory

Recently, Erik Wielenberg has developed a novel objection to divine command meta-ethics (DCM). The objection that DCM "has the implausible implication that psychopaths have no moral obligations and hence their evil acts, no matter how evil, are morally permissible". This article criticize...

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Main Author: Flannagan, Matthew Alexander (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham 2021
In: European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 13, Issue: 3, Pages: 157-170
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Wielenberg, Erik J. 1972- / Psychopathy
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBC Doctrine of God
Further subjects:B God and morality
B Divine Command Theory
B Erik Wielenberg
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