In this video episode "Crash Course Philosophy #33: Divine Command Theory," Hank looks at the divine command theory, the most common ethical theory. As he ventures into the world of ethics, there are a lot of different answers to the grounding problem to explore. One of the oldest and most popular is the divine command theory. But with age comes a long history of questions, too, such as the dilemma presented by Plato known as the Euthyphro Problem. [9:01]

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dilemma, crash course,divine command theory, divine command theory, plato's euthyphro problem, the holy bible, led by god or gods, ethical theories

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