Burkette, Jerry W. Jr.2018-07-022018-07-022018-03-23http://hdl.handle.net/10919/83836Recent literature seems to have opened up space for naturalistic theistic metaethics in a contemporary context, as proponents of divine command theories have tended to be restricted to either supernatural or theistic non-natural theories within existing taxonomies of normative theory. While perhaps encouraging for theists, would theism add anything substantive to theories of ethical naturalism? In this paper, I examine this question. I argue that theistic naturalism appears to incur certain objections as well as provide a plausible and explanatory constraint on content for theories of ethical naturalism. As a result, a corresponding challenge to non-theistic variants is raised.ETDen-USCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United StatesNormative RealismEthical NaturalismTheismMetaethicsMetaphysical GroundingDivine Command TheoryNon-naturalismSupernaturalismThesis