impossible situation. Euthyphro tries to argue against Socrates’ criticism by pointing out that not even the gods would disagree amongst themselves that someone who kills without justification should be punished but Socrates argues that disputes would still arise over just how much justification there actually was and therefore the same action could still be both pious and impious. Socrates yet again believes Euthyphro’s ’definition’ cannot possibly be a definition. Euthyphro attempts to overcome
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The conversation between Socrates and Euthyphro takes place at the marketplace. Euthyphro is on his way to charge his father for murder‚ and Socrates is going to his own trial‚ because he was accused of corrupting the minds of the youth. Before going into his trial‚ Socrates asks Euthyphro‚ who claims to be a spiritually enlightened prophet‚ what exactly makes something of piety or impiety. He asks this‚ because he wants to be seen as Euthyphro’s student‚ and so that he can use Euthyphro’s teachings
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In Euthyphro‚ Euthyphro is prosecuting his father for manslaughter. Euthyphro states that it does not matter if the person his father killed was a relative or stranger. Instead‚ it mattered on the subject of whether or not the act of murder was justified or not. Socrates tries to understand Euthyphro’s definition of what is pious and what is impious‚ but does not get the answer he is looking for. Every answer Euthyphro gives Socrates finds a flaw in the definition. Socrates is looking for an answer
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view on Plato’s argument that what is holy and what is approved by the gods are not the same‚ is that this argument is convincing. I will also‚ show that Euthyphro would not have given any reasonable response to the argument in response to the second question and final part of the assignment‚ which requires if we can think of any arguments Euthyphro could have made and what his response would have been. However‚ before I delve fully into evaluating and buttressing my position‚ it is apropos to take
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Sasha Saul PHI 102 (FYS55) Euthyphro In the selection Euthyphro by Plato‚ Socrates and Euthyphro are having an argument about what the real meaning of being pious and impious is. While standing on the porch of the King Archon‚ Euthyphro questions Socrates on his reason for being at the court being that he was sure that Socrates wouldn’t be prosecuting anyone and that it was more than likely the other way around. Socrates informs him that a guy by the name of Meletus was charging him
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The Euthyphro Dilemma When assessing the nature of morality‚ one must determine the reasons for believing certain actions to be right or wrong. In the following paragraphs I am going to explain what The Euthyphro Dilemma is and the threat that each of its horns imposes. Then I will defend The Divine Command Theory against these objections and demonstrate how it not only survives the two horns‚ but is also the stronger position to assume. In the Euthyphro‚ Socrates asks the age old question about
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Throughout the passage Euthyphro written by Plato a discussion arises dealing with the question “What is piety”? This question arises after a man named Euthyphro is found walking into a courthouse preparing to prosecute against his own father who took part in a murder. His friend Socrates eventually confronts him when he sees him and once the story is explained to Socrates and once he calms down due to being surprised that Euthyphro is prosecuting against his own father he asks Euthyphro what exactly he
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About Euthyphro‚ Apology‚ Crito‚ and Phaedo Next The philosophy of ancient Greece reached its highest level of achievement in the works of Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle. The influence of these men on the culture of the Western world can scarcely be overestimated. Each of them made significant contributions to philosophy‚ and it would be difficult to determine to which one of them we are most indebted. All three were original thinkers and great teachers. In point of time‚ Socrates was the one
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question the consistency of the claim. Of these objections‚ Platos Euthyphro is among the most alarming. Therefore‚ in the scope of this paper - I will examine the Euthyphro dilemma‚ and conclude that the dilemma does not necessarily prohibit theological voluntarists from stating that morality depends on God. So first‚ we should understand exactly the problem that the dilemma presents. In Platos’ dialogue Euthyphro‚ Socrates asks Euthyphro - a young man convinced that justice and the Gods are on his side
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In the reading Euthyphro‚ Plato’s end goal is to show that there is no rational relationship between “the pious” and “to be loved by the Gods.” The point of Socrates argument is that he is ultimately asking Euthyphro to explain piety by questioning the characteristics of something that is loved. Is something loved because it is good‚ is it loved because it is popular‚ what makes something loved? The basis of the argument arises when Socrates asks Euthyphro to define the means of something that
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