If God Makes the Good Good and Commands Us to Follow

question 37

Essay

If God makes the good good and commands us to follow moral rules of God's creation (the divine command theory), does this mean that only certain (obedient) religious believers can be moral? Or perhaps nonbelievers can be as moral as believers, even if God is the author of ethics. Do you think this is possible? Why or why not?

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