The two "horns" of Plato's dilemma are:
1. Divine Command Theory is true: right conduct is right because God commands it (or approves of it) and wrong conduct is wrong because God forbids or disapproves of it.
2. Divine Command Theory is false: God commands or approves of right conduct because it is right and forbids or disapproves of wrong conduct because it is wrong.
Interestingly, each option has consequences that most religious people will find troublesome.
There are at least two undesirable consequences of taking the position of Horn 1, "Divine Command Theory is true. Those undesirable consequences are:
1. God's commands are therefore morally arbitrary if Horn 1 is true. This requires some explanation.
2. The doctrine of the goodness of God is empty or trivial if Horn 1 is true. This also requires some explanation.
Each of these will be explored in the next section along with the implications of each of these troublesome consequences for Divine Command Theory.
