Ethics and Values / Unit 2 Ethics 078 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Arbitrariness Horn
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The idea
If conduct is right only because God commands it, then morality is arbitrary: different commands would have made cruelty right.
In practice
A parent asked "why is sharing right?" answers "because I say so." The child hears the cost: a different say-so would flip the rule.
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