Abraham's Dilemma

Finite and Infinite Goods (2003)
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This chapter addresses the greatest fear about divine commands – that God may command something evil – focusing on a modernized version of Genesis 22, in which Abraham finds it difficult to reject any of the following jointly incompatible beliefs: whatever God commands is not morally wrong to do, God commands me to kill my son as a sacrifice, such human sacrifice is morally wrong. It argues that divine command theorists should not reject but that in any cultural and religious context in which the dilemma can be taken seriously, is the belief to reject.

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Religious Obedience and Moral Autonomy.Philip L. Quinn - 1975 - Religious Studies 11 (3):265 - 281.

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