In fifth century Greece‚ religion was present in all areas of life. Although its origins may be traced to the remotest eras‚ Greek religion in its developed form lasted more than a thousand years. From before the time of Homer to the reign Julius Caesar in the fourth century AD‚ the gods were alive and present and influencing human affairs. There were myths to explain the origins of mankind‚ formal rituals that could include animal sacrifices and libations and temples dominated the city skyline
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because all people have it. Special is like the ten commandment‚ some people are given special revelation such as a bible or church in order to tell you Jesus Christ is lord and savior. Divine command- God gives certain commandments and that’s it. Euthyphro dilemma. * Makes ethics arbitrary. If god said we all should murder then everybody would be bad. * Knowledge- unless God speaks to me constantly‚ I don’t know what God wants. Doesn’t give you rules to apply in every situation. * Naturalistic
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Bibliography: "The Trial and Death of Socrates: Euthyphro‚ Apology‚ Crito‚ Death Scene from Phaedo"by Plato‚ Cooper John‚ Hackett Publishing (2000)
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Normative ethical subjectivism is an ethical stance that attempts to specify circumstances under which an action is morally right or wrong using four distinct arguments that try to prove this claim. Normative ethical subjectivism claims that an act is morally right if‚ and only if‚ the person judging the action approves of it. Stemming form this view on ethics a normative ethical theory has been made. An ethical theory is a theory of what is right and wrong. This stance on ethics is the opposite
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absence their final grade will automatically drop a full letter grade. 1 Whitehead‚ "The Aims of Education" ( HYPERLINK "http://www.anthonyflood.com/whiteheadeducation.htm" http://www.anthonyflood.com/whiteheadeducation.htm ) 2-3 Plato. Euthyphro. http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/browse-Plato.html (use this link for all Plato readings) Plato. Apology Plato. Crito. Plato. Phaedo. 4 Descartes. Meditations. Part 1-2. ( HYPERLINK "http://www.wright.edu/cola/descartes/meditation1.html"
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Does God command what is good because it is good‚ or is it good because God commands it? Euthyphro’s Dilemma proposes two options. Either we choose to believe that God dictates what is good and evil‚ or we choose to down grade God to a glorified messenger. This paper will explore the dilemma and show the effects of choosing either option. There are three main attributes of God that are reflected upon in this argument. The first one is that God is the creator and could have made any world he chose
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ideas were wrong and that they were only right. And in reality‚ they realized that they obtained not much knowledge or wisdom because they could not the most basic questions of their life. An example of that is when Socrates asks Euthyphro what holiness is and Euthyphro can not answer it because he does not know how to explain the definition which in actually‚ he has no idea what holiness is. It was a basic question‚ but to act as if one would know of some thing‚ when not actually knowing it made
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Week 7 Tuesday‚ February 18 Plantinga—“The Free Will Defense” pgs. 157-160 Hick—“The Soul-Making Defense” pgs. 160-164 Essay assignment 8: Essay question 5 on pg. 165 Thursday‚ February 20 Plato—“Euthyphro” pgs. 484-485 Rachels—“The Challenge of Cultural Relativism” (available under ‘Course Materials’ on Blackboard) Essay assignment 9: Essay question 4 on pg. 489 Week 8 Tuesday‚ February 25 Catch-up/Review FREE WILL AND TIME TRAVEL Thursday‚ February 27 Taylor—“Freedom
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3 Sept 2002 Office Phone: 581-8468 Pre-Socratics – dated according to greatest accomplishment; Greeks believed that the peak of intellectual superiority was at age 40‚ and everything was dated accordingly -None of the pre-Socratics explicitly accept that anything can be real without being physical – anything that is real must have a physical aspect – if the soul is real‚ then the soul must be composed of some sort of physical “stuff” Thales – the most important philosopher because he answered
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the soul is the greatest endeavor. Highest form of being lives here‚ in the soul. (Socrates taught of a world of ideal forms‚ to his students-like PLATO which wrote of its theory‚ so we give him the actual credit.) 3.) PLATO‚ FIVE DIALOGUES. (EUTHYPHRO‚APOLOGY‚CRITO‚MENO‚&PHAEDO) Origin: Ancient Greek. Translated in English by: Professor G.M.A. GRUBE (1981) Excerpt from-PHAEDO‚66 e. “If we are ever to have pure knowledge‚ we must escape from the body and observe matters in themselves within the
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