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Full Idea
Theologians have always taught that God's decrees are good, and that this is not a mere tautology: it follows that goodness is logically independent of God's decrees.
Gist of Idea
If God's decrees are good, and this is not a mere tautology, then goodness is separate from God's decrees
Source
Bertrand Russell (Human Society in Ethics and Politics [1954], p.48)
Book Ref
Ayer,A.J.: 'The Central Questions of Philosophy' [Penguin 1976], p.226