Euthyphro Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 6 pages of analysis of God or Good.

Euthyphro Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 6 pages of analysis of God or Good.
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God or Good: the Euthyphro Dilemma

Summary: A dilemma facing those who base their lives on religious ethics is piety, as elaborated by Socrates in the Platonic dialogue 'Euthyphro'.
In Plato's dialogue, 'Euthyphro', Socrates presents Euthyphro with a choice: `Is what is pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved [by the gods]"'

Euthyphro responds by asserting that piety is that which is approved [loved] or sanctioned by the gods; whence impiety is whatever is disapproved of by the gods. However, as Socrates points out, the question poses a dilemma for those who believe as Euthyphro does that Truth is revealed by divine authority alone.

Now, a dilemma is an argument forcing a choice of two unfavourable alternatives. The important point here is that the alternatives must be equally unfavourable. Simply to be faced with two alternatives is not to be faced with a dilemma. To appreciate why each of the options set out above are unpalatable for Euthyphro, we need to unpack the import of each...

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