strengths

• for religious people DCT grounds their moral behaviour in the teachings of a factually existing God

  • believe God's commands must be right + that they must be the best ways of promoting love in human relationships
• DCT rules are universal, so right for any time/place

  • deontological
• DCT is clear + straightforward

  • whatever God says is good/bad, right/wrong, must be so
• most Christians link God's moral commands with the promise of life after death for those who keep them, so DCT offers an end-goal to morality
• God doesn't have any of the weaknesses of a human judge

  • he is omniscient + omnipresent, so totally aware people's good + bad deeds, thus a totally fair judge