"Is what is good commanded by god because it is good, or is it good because it is commanded by god?"
The independence problem derived from the first horn of the dilemma: "Is what is good commanded by god because it is good?" If what is morally good exists prior to God commanding it to be morally good, then what is morally good is independent of God. This means that God is not the creator of moral goodness, but merely the discoverer of the moral good. If this is true, then God is not a necessary condition for their being morality. This also raises the possibility of morality being known independent of God, which is something the divine command theorist does not wish to admit.
The conclusion that God isn't the source of morality or that morality exists independently of God leads the divine command theorist to the second horn, that what is good is good because it is commanded by god.
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