Divine Motivation Theory

A Defensible Divine Command Theory

The term 'The Divine Command Theory of Ethics' is similar to 'The Ontological Argument' in that there is no unique entity deserving of that title. Rather, there is a multiplicity of theories, each of which is appropriately taken to be a divine command theory. The strongest versions are, if not the finest, at least definist. That is, according to these versions moral predicates, such as 'is obli...

Interpreting Kant’s Theory of Divine Commands

Maslow theory of motivation

Maslow's hierarchy of needs is psychological theory developed in 1943 by Abraham Maslow in his essay “A Theory of Human Motivation.” His theory shares similarities with many other theories of human developmental psychology, which focus on explaining the stages of human growth and development. The Hierarchy of Needs suggests that impetus for human behavior stems from the drive to fulfill certain...

Maslow theory of motivation

Maslow's hierarchy of needs is psychological theory developed in 1943 by Abraham Maslow in his essay “A Theory of Human Motivation.” His theory shares similarities with many other theories of human developmental psychology, which focus on explaining the stages of human growth and development. The Hierarchy of Needs suggests that impetus for human behavior stems from the drive to fulfill certain...

A Theory of Social Motivation

This paper develops a theory of social norms: what they are, how they form, and how they change. The theory also makes predictions about group formation, categorization, and discrimination, and it can be extended to model leadership and fairness. The paper accounts for the existence of “oppositional culture,” where minority groups disparage the majority and are disparaged in turn. An explanatio...