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Divine Command Theory

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  • Whatever God commands = good
    Whatever God forbids = evil
  • Mainly found in protestant Christianity
  • Based on both God's moral character and God's moral commands - understood as statements of God's will
  • 10 commandments
  • Teachings of Jesus in the New Testament