For thousands of people, what is holy and what is moral comes from religious texts that act as a guide for individuals for how they ought to live their lives. This idea of holiness and morality for many is deeply rooted in the understanding that it originates with God; it is a necessary condition for it to be binding. However, what if what is holy and moral didn’t originate from God’s goodness, rather it comes from other mediums and is itself good thus being approved by God? This idea of existence and thought is a question that can be outlined in Plato’s, The Euthyphro. In the Euthyphro, Plato sets the stage for what will turn out to be one of the most pondered questions in philosophy. Plato first begins by setting the stage – Socrates and …show more content…
He is certain that prosecuting his father is the just and moral course of action because he believed it was commanded as such by the divine who are supposedly innately good. Unable to see the soundness in Euthyphro’s claim, Socrates proposes a question that has become known as possibly one of the oldest ethical questions in the history of philosophy. Socrates proposes the following question to Euthyphro, “Is what is holy (or moral) approved by the gods because it is holy, or is it holy because it is approved by the …show more content…
In a way, it might even be seen as a sort of relativist perspective because the gods could develop their own beliefs and commands and change them accordingly and they must always be right. This is what makes Socrates’ claim so essential, it calls into question the Divine Command Theory and questions the real origin of morality. Human civilizations have been going to the gods for their guidance since the beginning of time, but Socrates’ brings insight that stumps the “smart” Euthyphro. In a certain way, this one question can poke a hole in an individual’s view and traditions of religions such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It is the spring board for disciplines and studies into religious apologetics, because this question that might seem innocuous at first proves to be incredibly powerful. Pojman asserts that this question highlights the question whether or not morality and religion are intertwined. Moreover, Socrates’ comments and critiques of Euthyphro’s claims provide readers a powerful model for what true dialectic thus promoting the development of a strong intellectual spine and the true core of
Not completely satisfied by Euthyphro’s definition that, “Piety, then, is that which is dear to the gods”, Socrates pointed out that gods were known to disagree and argue; therefore, they may not have had unified opinion on what is holy. To further frustrate Euthyphro, Socrates continued his argument by asking the following question, “Holy is beloved by the gods because it’s
The first is “what all the gods disapprove of is unholy, what all approve of is holy.” Socrates provides specific proof on how that is incorrect. His main point is that all of the very different gods believe in very different things. A main example made by Socrates is that Zeus may approve of punishing one’s father while Uranus or Kronos may not. Euthyphro then goes into how a person who has killed someone unjustly surely will be looked down upon by all of the gods and how they must agree that a certain killing should be considered unjust.
Euthyphro seem to be confused from what Socrates tried to tell him. Socrates gives the general principles in which he says some cases already examined like carrying , leading and seeing. For a better understanding
In Euthyphro, Plato writes about a conversation between Socrates and Euthyphro while outside the coliseum. Socrates is trying to define, “What is piety?” as it is important for Socrates to understand, since one of the charges that Meletus claims is Socrates, is impious. Euthyphro claims to be an expert in what is pious and he is going to be charging his own father with murder. Four different attempts between Euthyphro and Socrates were made to define piety.
Throughout the last five weeks, I have read three of Plato’s dialogues: the cave allegory, Euthyphro, and the Apology. While reading them, I was able to see Plato’s view of a philosophical life. To live philosophically is to question appearances and look at an issue/object from a new perspective. In this essay, I will explain Plato’s cave allegory, Socrates’ discussion with Euthyphro, and the oracle story in the Apology.
Religion and profound quality, in his view, are so firmly related that neither one of the ones can exist separated from the other. Dissimilar to the Sophists, who were familiar with think about the requests of ethical quality as just the wants of the general population who planned them, Socrates has faith in a standard of profound quality that is something more than the human conclusion. He distinguishes it with
Slowly through questioning, Socrates brings out the truth, that Euthyphro is in fact totally ignorant regarding his field. Even though, Euthyphro assures Socrates, that he is indeed an expert, we
Socrates swells Euthyphro’s ego with a sarcastic comment. Euthyphro implies that he is an expert in the field of holiness. Socrates obviously amused by Euthyphro self-proclaimed expertise that he pretends to be unfamiliarity with the topic at hand and asks Euthyphro to teach him what is pious.
Euthyphro In the Story Euthyphro is faced with many questions by the curious Socrates. One of the questions that with no doubt had a great significance was whether holy or piety is loved by the gods because it is holy or if it is holy because it is loved by the gods. This causes a roundabout conversation and at this point in the conversation Euthyphro realizes just this. Euthyphro decides to say that holy is loved by the gods because it is holy instead of its holy because it is loved by the gods.
Michelle Blackburn Dr. Simkulet Introduction to Philosophy 19 February 2023 Euthyphro Dilemma 1 The Euthyphro Dilemma discusses an issue with the Divine Command Theory, questioning if something is morally good because God says so, or if God commands something because it is a morally good thing. This is a serious dilemma because there are problems with both points. If the first point was correct, then morality would not be a concrete idea. This would make it so if God ordered you to kill someone for His own amusement, it would be morally correct, despite most religious texts condemning murder.
Introduction Augustine's "City of God" and "The Enchiridion" and Plato's "Euthyphro" are all significant works that explore the nature of morality and the relationship between morality and religion. While there are many similarities between these works, there are also important differences in their approaches and conclusions. Body
Morality and religion, the question socrates asks Euthyphro the so-called Euthyphro question. Raises a fundamental issue about the relation between religion and morality. In many religious traditions, God or the gods, are closely connected with morality. Gods are good and care about right and wrong. When euthyphro says what all the gods love is pious, he invokes this connection between gods and morality
pious vs. impious Euthyphro – going against his father for murder Meletus – against socrates for corrupting the youth. Accuses him of being a neologian, makes new gods, denies old ones. Ministration – the provision of assistance, or care Husbandman – person who cultivates land, a farmer Does god say things that are good, or do things become good because god says them?
The second, Socrates asks Euthyphro, have you known what a piety is if your attitude is confident that you indict your father for a crime. (Plato (1997), p.77.). Socrates tries to look for one standard definition of piety. Let, have a look at what piety means to Euthyphro. He comes up with the several suggestions about piety: “to prosecute a wrongdoer is pious and not to prosecute is impious”; “what all the gods hate is impious, and what they all love is pious”; “where there is piety there is also justice” (Plato (1997), p.88.).
Socrates was a great philosopher of the Greek world. He was quite an atypical and distinctive person. Being different from all the other philosophers of the land, Socrates was teaching his students ideas totally out of the ordinary from what the society believed was right. As a result, he displeased many people so much that they decided to get rid of him. Socrates was put to trial, accused of spoiling the youth of Athens, tried and sentenced to death.