Madelyn West

Professor Burleson

Philosophy 2306

6 April 2021

“Children, I Hate it When You Fight”

Divine Command Theory in Lucifer

 

            In the film, Lucifer, directed by Tom Kapinos there is a consistent theme regarding moral dilemma. Throughout the entire show the main character is Lucifer himself in human form residing on earth. The fictitious story is a hyperbole to the real modern-day religious belief systems. Despite this story being fiction there is metaphorical representation consistently throughout the seasons on Netflix.

            The Divine Command Theory is well demonstrated by how Lucifer is consistently fighting against his worldly desires. Yet his father, God, has given him a sense of inner morality, which isn’t to be expected out of the devil himself, in efforts to help Agent Chloe Decker in her plethora of crime cases.

            Therefore, demonstrating the Divine Command Theory by emphasizing that we as humans have instincts of desire that are immoral, and God gives us an enhanced moral compass as the character Chloe Decker shows. The Divine Command Theory states that our morality is somehow dependent on and omnipotent God and Lucifer shows this to be true because no matter how hard he tries in the show to avoid his oncoming new intuitive sense of moral he cannot because his dad who is God comes down and intervenes.

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Works Cited

Kapinos, Tom. “Lucifer.” Netflix Official Site, 2020, www.netflix.com/search?

           q=lucifer&jbv=80057918.

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