Hi can you please help me with a scenario that I have attached.There is no minimum word count and please no plagiarizing and include citing and a reference page. If you can also type out the question and then the response that would be helpful.
- Is there any other way Father Hogan could have dealt with the drug dealer?
- Do you think it possible that God could have told Father Hogan to kill the drug dealer? Why or why not? How can we evaluate any guidance purported to be from God?
- In evaluating Father Hogan's case, what difference could it make to our conclusion if we use the alternate dependency account rather than simple divine command theory?
- What role, if any, might the Bible or Church teaching play in our determining whether Father Hogan really received a command to kill the drug dealer? Is there any relevance to the fact that, up till now, Father Hogan appears to have been a sincere and sensitive man who deeply cares about people?
- If the autonomy thesis is true and the moral standard exists independently of God, how would that affect your evaluation of Father Hogan's claim that God told him to kill?
- Assume Father Hogan to be a sincere priest who truly believes that he received a divine command. Assume also that Father Hogan really is in his right mind. Do you think Father Hogan's actions could then be considered justified, as the defense argues?