Some theological traditions, including Calvinist voluntarism and Ockham's divine command theory, hold that God's will is prior to and unconstrained by moral categories like honesty.
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(as used to identify a historical thinker and his theory)
A medieval philosopher (1287-1347) who argued that God's commands alone determine what is right and wrong—there's no moral standard outside of God's will.
divine command theory(Ockham's ethics)
The metaethical view that certain things become morally obligatory, permitted, or forbidden simply because God decrees so
moral categories(what Scheffler argues can't be properly created)
The different types or groupings that philosophers use to classify actions and rules—like 'required,' 'forbidden,' 'allowed,' or 'recommended.'
voluntarism(Used here in a moral/theological context, likely referring to divine command theory or the view that moral facts depend on an act of will)
A metaethical view whose implications conflict with necessary moral and logical truths, such as the wrongness of punishing an innocent person for another's wrongdoing