One way of answering this challenge is by appeal to the idea of God and God's commands -perhaps God’s commands are the objective moral laws.Of course, not everyone believes that God exists. But, even if Goddoesexist, there are some deep philosophical problems with the view that God'scommands could be the objective moral laws.
For this week’s online activity, I’d like you to watch the following two videos, in which a philosopher named Stephen Darwalldiscusses these problems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmhiibdwznQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x726HASktrQ
After you’ve watched the videos, I’d like you to answer the following questions:What is the divine command theory? Explain one of the criticisms that Darwall makes against the divine command theory.
Please answer these questions in a 1/2 to 1 page write up
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