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Divine command theory, an Uncommon card
Divine command theory is a meta-ethical theory which proposes that an action's status as morally good is equivalent to whether it is commanded by God.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 144
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 27,000
Power 144 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Divine command theory quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Divine command theory card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The theory asserts that what is moral is determined by God's commands and that for a ______ to be moral he is to follow God's commands.
Answer
person. The theory asserts that what is moral is determined by God's commands and that for a person to be moral he is to follow God's commands. From the Divine command theory article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. Massachusetts's 7th congressional district 78 · New World wine 75 · Divine command theory 70 · Clan Ross 66 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. Massachusetts's 7th congressional district 44,000 · Divine command theory 27,000 · McNairy County, Tennessee 17,000 · New World wine 12,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The theory asserts that what is moral is determined by God's commands and that for a person to be moral he is to follow God's commands.
- Followers of both monotheistic and polytheistic religions in ancient and modern times have often accepted the importance of God's commands in establishing morality.
- Numerous variants of the theory have been presented: historically, figures including Saint Augustine, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham and Søren Kierkegaard have presented various versions of divine command theory, more recently, Robert Merrihew Adams has proposed a "modified divine command theory" based on the omnibenevolence of God in which morality is linked to human conceptions of right and…
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Divine command theory article was read about 27,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Divine command theory (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Philippe de Champaigne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
