But philosophers like Kitcher remember what Socrates tells Euthyphro, who supposed that the good could be defined by what the gods had willed: if what the gods will is based on some other criterion of goodness, divine will isn't what makes something good; but if goodness is simply determined by divine will there's no way for us to assess that judgment.
Differentiation between Israelite religion and that of its neighbors; an honest to goodness divine judgment about what kinds of worship works and what kind doesn't; assertion of priestly power; or any number of mysteries too ancient to discover.
Perfect goodness and divine motivation theory / Linda Zagzebski.
On the gnostical view, once we see the wicked world for what it is, we can step back and rediscover our essential goodness, the divine spark within us, our purity, our authenticity.
Until the thirteenth century Augustine's responses to questions concerning free will, predestination, the nature of goodness, and divine freedom dominated moral speculation in the Latin West.
In part three, chapter 12, of the Guide, in a more explicit way he affirms that al-Razi's book is full of raving ideas and ignorance: according to him, al-Razi thought that in human life there is surely more evil than good, so that even the divine goodness should be seriously questioned (Moses Maimonides 1963, 2 441 442).
I believe that the material world is intrinsically good and has its origin as an expression of divine goodness.
Divine promises, revelations, and enactments were all in Holkot's view ungrounded in divine goodness in the sense that God was not under obligation because of his goodness to fulfill them or keep them in being.
Founders who fall into the category of Christian Deists used Deistic terms for God but sometimes added a Christian dimension such as "Merciful Providence" or "Divine Goodness".
Nor is the catechism naively individualistic in the way it diagnoses the problem: there are "social situations and institutions that are contrary to divine goodness".
Instead, his writings offer bright glimpses into the moral beauty of divine goodness, what Lewis called "the weight of glory". It is this vision of the Holy, he observed, that has produced many of the masterpieces of art and music.
