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What is piety |
Virtue, concerns honoring the God's and ones family |
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x is necessary for y means... |
You cannot have y without x If not x, then not y ex: having gas in tank is necessary for car to start |
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x is not necessary for y means... |
you can have x without y ex: rain isn't necessary for making the ground wet |
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x is sufficient for y means... |
having x is enough to guarantee y if x, then y ex: rain is sufficient for making the ground wet |
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x is not sufficient for y means… |
you can have x without y having x is not enough to guarantee that y Having gas in car is not sufficient for starting the car |
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Is being an enclosed shape with three straight lines anecessary or sufficient condition for being a triangle? |
necessary and sufficient |
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Piety #1 |
Prosecution of wrongdoer |
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Piety #2 |
What all gods love is pious What is not loved by gods is not pious |
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Socrates question |
Is the pious being loved by the gods bc it is pious, or is it pious bc the gods love it? |
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Aquinas |
Is an action right bc God commands it, or does God command it bc it's right? |
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Socrates answer |
x is pious bc gods love it so being loved by all gods is not necessary for being pious |
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Aquinas' answer |
God commands x because it is right Being commanded by God is not necessary for being morally right |
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Conclusion |
Socrates and Euthyphro did not define piety Ethics if independent of gods'God |