tradition involved do not find consensus as to what those various mandates mean‚ how do we know what is right and what is wrong? However‚ a less obvious and more complex problem exists for DCT. The classic presentation of this topic is in Plato’s Euthyphro. Here’s the question: Is something wrong simply because God says so? Or is God merely very knowledgeable of the "rules‚" and is thus especially able to inform us of the rules? Let’s take the latter view first. One asks‚ "Is lying wrong?" Answer:
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that ethics require religious grounding‚ rather than relying on hold books or religious revelations‚ philosophical ethics uses reason and experience to determine what is good and bad‚ right and wrong‚ better and worse. In the philosophical tale Euthyphro by Socrates‚ he examines the religious view‚ and asks whether things are good because they are approved by the gods‚ or whether the gods approve of them because they are good. Socrates states that god could decree anything to be good or bad. One
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“Athens‚ birthplace of democracy‚ executed the philosopher Socrates in the year 399 bce for the crime of impiety” (Nails 27) Why did Athens wait so long to put Socrates on trial? In order to explore my topic and try to answer my question‚ I began reading three scholarly sources‚ which gave me a better understanding on why he could of been put to trial. It still raises the same question as to what really happened and why was Socrates sent to trial at such a late age in life. Socrates throughout his
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In the reading Nicomachean Ethics‚ by Aristotle‚ a well-known philosopher‚ wrote about what it is to be a good person and how being a good person‚ reflects our happiness. Along with writing by Aristotle‚ there was another writing by Immanuel Kant‚ called The Foundations of the Metaphysics of morals‚ that’s rights about the fundamentals of the moral duty. These two philosophers were very good and can very well go well with each other. Aristotle and Immanuel Kant can agree that‚ to be a moral person
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We are taught at a very young age that we are to seek out happiness‚ yet no one really knows what that is. When you are a child‚ happiness could be found by playing with toys‚ and schoolmates. When we are children‚ our concept of happiness is minimal. As years passed‚ our concept of happiness becomes much more expansive. We are schooled to think that if we succeed at something‚ whether it is at a career‚ college or in relationships‚ we are seeking to be happy. Some people seek out happiness through
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10-17-14 Divine Command Theory I believe to have a definite moral theory we need a guide to follow. Moral Nihilism states that we cannot have any moral truths because they are a human invention. I believe this to be incorrect‚ because we did not invent them‚ but God did. Moral Nihilism states we also need something of objectivism or able to see and witness to have moral theories. I also believe this statement to be false because we do have something to see and hold‚ and this would be the bible.
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during the years of his travels between 399 and 387 BC. One of the texts in this group called the Apology seems to have been written shortly after Socrates ’ death. Other texts relegated to this group include the Crito‚ Laches‚ Lysis‚ Charmides‚ Euthyphro‚ and
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Firstly‚ we must understand what is meant by ‘good’ well good is that which is morally right. With God it is said in the bible “oh give thanks to the lord‚ for he is good; for His loving-kindness is everlasting (Psalms)‚ another way is the 10 commandments which shows God setting the standard of what is morally right and wrong. Another way of showing of how ‘God is good’ is by creation in genesis 1 and 2 which shows God either creating the world or how he is crafting everything‚ also in the bible
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Plato was a famous Greek philosopher and mathematician from Athens that is now well known throughout the world. He lived from 427 B.C.E. to 347 B.C.E. He’s famously known for being Socrates’ student and the teacher of Aristotle. He has many writings that explored justice‚ beauty‚ and equality as well as containing discussions in aesthetics‚ political philosophy‚ theology‚ cosmology‚ epistemology‚ and the philosophy of language. His writings were highly influenced by Socrates as he would convey and
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then morality is bogus. In that‚ if morality is based on God’s commands‚ and God does not exist (or God is dormant)‚ then morality also won’t exist. The Divine Command Theory also contains a major fault in logic that Plato had noted in his book‚ Euthyphro. The problem lies with the reasoning of whether God has justifications that support His commands‚ or He lacks such justifications. If God lacks the justifications that support His commands‚ then He is acting arbitrarily. But God cannot be acting
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