Editing Divine command theory (section)

===Alternative theories===
[[Paul Copan]] argues from a Christian viewpoint that man, made in God's image, conforms to God's sense of morality. The description of actions as right or wrong are therefore relevant to God; a person's sense of what is right or wrong corresponds to God's.<ref name=Copan>Copan, Paul, and William Lane Craig. ''Passionate Conviction: Contemporary Discourses on Christian Apologetics.'' Nashville, Tennessee: B&H Publishing Group, 2007. p. 91.</ref>
{{Quote|We would not know goodness without God's endowing us with a moral constitution. We have rights, dignity, freedom, and responsibility because God has designed us this way. In this, we reflect God's moral goodness as His image-bearers.|Paul Copan|Passionate Conviction: Contemporary Discourses on Christian Apologetics<ref name="Copan" />}}

As an alternative to divine command theory, Linda Zagzebski has proposed divine motivation theory, which still fits into a monotheistic framework. According to this theory, goodness is determined by God's motives, rather than by what he commands. Divine motivation theory is similar to [[virtue ethics]] because it considers the character of an agent, and whether they are in accordance with God's, as the standard for moral value.<ref>{{harvnb|Baggett|Walls|2011|p=258}}</ref> Zagzebski argues that things in the world have objective moral properties, such as being lovable, which are given to them through God's perception of them. God's attitude towards something is cast as a morally good attitude.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-238093747.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518175300/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-238093747.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=18 May 2013 | title=Zagzebski, Linda Trinkaus. Divine Motivation Theory.(Book review) | publisher=The Review of Metaphysics | date=1 September 2010 | access-date=25 August 2012 | author=Toner, Christopher |via=[[HighBeam Research]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The theory casts God as a good example for morality, and humans should imitate his virtues as much as is possible for finite, imperfect beings.<ref>
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