Is morality what God commands ?

Is morality what God commands ?

1. God = source of all morality

   • God created universe + everything in it including morals - bible = guide
     • Ten commandments etc.
     • Many people added to it, how do we know which rules are God's ?
   • Widest believed +oldest ethical theory
   • "The good consists in always doing what God wills" - Michael Martin
   • 'Problem of good' with no God how do we account of goodness ? - Paul Schilling

2. Euthyphro Dilemma

   • Euthyphro believes he should persecute his father as the God's command it
     • Socrates states:
       • 2. Right actions are commanded by God because they = right ?
         • God not omnipotent
         • God must obey source of ethics, higher power ? Why is God middle man ?
       • 1. Actions = right because God commands them ?
         • Arbitrariness problem - Anything God commands = good
           • God only commands good
             • "God commands what he commands"
           • Commands Abraham to kill own son
       • WLC - 3. God wills it because HE is good (MDC)

3. Robert Adams - Modified DC

   • Morality = grounded in personality of God (benevolence) all commands reflect this
     • Moral law = feature of God's nature - Austin
     • Baggini - God's nature = good because it is God's ? or because it is good ?