divine command
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdivineandcommand
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divine
adjective
uk/dɪˈvaɪn/us/dɪˈvaɪn/
connected with a god, or like ...
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command
noun
uk/kəˈmɑːnd/us/kəˈmænd/
an order, especially one given by ...
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(Definition ofdivineandcommandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdivine command
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In such a situation thedivinecommandwould be promulgated as adivinecommand.
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Thedivinecommandmakes the type of act right or wrong.
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A particulardivinecommandmay be as abhorrent as one can imagine.
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Rooney at first blush defends a very stark version ofdivinecommandtheory.
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Nevertheless, the goodness of the act depends on adivinecommand.
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First, right reason could dictate that adivinecommandbe disobeyed.
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Only through thedivinecommandcan man transcend his natural biological self and experience the ethical.
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First and more superficially, right reason dictates that adivinecommandshould be obeyed.
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For example, the purpose theorist might join forces with thedivinecommandtheorist.
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Note that this does not mean that the purpose theorist must holddivinecommandtheory (or any other religious ethics).
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In short, being assigned a purpose could be a matter of divine request, rather thandivinecommand.
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Perhaps one such difficulty is in defining the scope and limits of thedivinecommandto save lives.
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Taking the term 'divinecommand' in this most narrow sense, right reason dictates that an act be done explicitly because it is commanded.
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Whatever natural goodness or other quality that might help to give an act its moral value, adivinecommandcan always override it.
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With the exception of the act's relation to right reason and thedivinecommand, all the features of the act could remain the same.
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