Brief Summary Of Plato's Euthyphro Dilemma

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Euthyphro dilemma is started when two questions were presented about the divine command theorists. In the Euthyphro dialogue, Socrates asked if something is right because God commands it, or does God command it because it is right? This created a suggestion about the relationship between morality and religion to be uncertain I think. It seems as if Euthyphro accepts both theories even though as it is being augmented by Socrates to explain further depths of his reasoning. The options offered to the divine command theorist are intended to be logically exhaustive. Euthyphro resulted conclusions that were conflicting with other beliefs he has, therefore creating a logical dilemma for him.

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