Philosophical Weaknesses the Two Theories, the Revelation

Philosophical Weaknesses

The two theories, the revelation and the reason theory are quite diverse in beliefs as well as application in the real life. The revelation theory in this case is more of a divine instruction that guides the behavior of man. According to this theory, things that men do or can do are morally good or bad, or morally compulsory, permissible, or forbidden, solely because of God's will or commands. It holds that God is good and all His commands are good for man. It asserts that God is the creator of all things, and by default the creator of our moral obligations. He is claimed to be supreme and holds the power to tell us how we are to live our lives.

The theory holds that morality is essentially doing God's will. That a morally right action is doing what God requires or commands. The precise divine commands are dependent on the particular religion and the specific analysis of the particular divine command philosopher, though all the morality issues are eventually pegged on God.

On the other hand, there is the reason theory which is a theory which is based on the premises that the validity or objectivity of moral judgments is grounded on the modes of reasoning that have been used to support them. It is closely tied to the ethical relativism approach. This is the theory that contends that there are no standard to morality and that the right or wrong of an act can be considered moral or not depending on the cultural placement within which it is applied or it operates. It is pegged entirely on the moral norms of the community, society or group within which it is being applied. To this theory, there are no universal standards to morality at all, this means therefore that there are no frameworks in existence that can be applied to resolving moral disputes nor the universal grounds for getting to appoint of concusses on the ethical issues among people from different communities (Manuel Valesquez et.al 2010).

There are questions however that arise in the use of these two theories, they have approaches that re directly opposite each other and cannot be consolidates into a single theory due to the diversity of their approach. On the revelation theory, there is an assumption that everyone is united under he same superstitious standards and that everyone believes in the forces of the supernatural which is not the case as there are varying superstitions as well as beliefs in various supernatural beings and bodies. This theory also gives no room to argument as the divine powers are always unquestionable; hence the subjects don't have a room to negotiate. The revelation theory also bestows the responsibility of interpreting the commands by the supernatural powers to a few people hence denying the majority the chance to choose their way, since the theory is based on the spiritual and not the discernible and observable physical results.