Values are dependent upon something or someone other than ourselves God or religious authority eg scripturestradition Often heteronomous values are absolute that is they never change An example of a heteronomous moral law is the ID: 339974
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What is meant by the claim that moral values are heteronomous?
Values are dependent upon something or someone other than ourselves - God or religious authority
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. scriptures/tradition
Often heteronomous values are absolute (that is, they never change)
An example of a heteronomous moral law is the
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ommandments – which some Jews and Christians see as being absolute – just as binding as when they were given by God.