Kerath25‘s comment on my post The Euthyphro Dilemma, Part 1, was too good to pass up. Without further ado: This question (nice to finally have a name to associate it with) is a particular one that seems to come up a lot in my discussions with those who do not want to believe. They first… Continue reading The Euthyphro Dilemma, Part 2
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The Euthyphro Dilemma, Part 1
Is Good “Good” Because God Commands it? Or Does God Command it Because it is Good? That’s the crux of the Euthyphro dilemma, so-named because it derives from Socrates’ question in Plato’s Euthyphro, “Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?”… Continue reading The Euthyphro Dilemma, Part 1