Euthyphro dilemma

1. “grocery lit” is a term coined by Michael Pollan and is a reference to the literature presented in grocery stores. He argues that supermarkets have developed a new form of literature that aims towards getting the consumer to buy a certain product. By using this form of persuasion, grocery stores hope to create a relationship between the consumer, the farmer and the product. This relationship takes the form of a story that has some real basis and some exaggerated facts in order to enhance the…

How does the British show golden balls provide an example of the prisoners’ dilemma game? What are the struggles you see in the participants? The British show, Golden Balls, clearly reflects the concept of the prisoner’s dilemma. This can be shown through the interactions between the two contestants on the show. Each contestant works independently and makes the decision to split or steal the final…

The original Euthyphro problem arose in ancient Greece where people, including the ones in the discussion, were Pantheists. The two main characters in the discussion were Euthyphro and Socrates. Socrates is famous for leading discussions by asking questions that were meant to get people to think. All we know about Socrates is through the writings of Plato, who was Socrates' pupil. From reading a translation of the original document it appears that Euthyphro was at the court to prosecute his…

Delphi and Apollo. The problem that came to be with his defense was, he recently criticized Euthyphro for claiming that being part of his father’s execution was the will of the gods. There is a seeming hypocrisy for Socrates to claim divine motivation in his defense but say it is not plausible when Euthyphro uses divine inspiration in his defense. Socrates acted from the proven wisdom of the gods, while Euthyphro from his pride. However, a deeper look into their defenses demonstrates that there…

Plato’s Euthyphro is a profound conversation between Socrates and Euthyphro that takes place on The Porch of the King Archon, a Greek court. The self-proclaimed pious Euthyphro is prosecuting his father for killing a field laborer, who murdered a domestic servant. It is important to note that is was through neglect while awaiting a decision on the laborer’s punishment for murder. Ironically, Socrates is being prosecuted for corrupting youth by challenging their views guiding them to think more…

purpose. This problem or debate will be analyzed by using Christian apologetics in favor of objective morality, in order to introduce a new perspective based on morality as it pertains to Christianity. To understand the entirety of the issue, the Euthyphro dilemma will be employed along with arguments…

Socratic dialog Euthyphro through its content can be considered representative of the types of philosophical quests Socrates is highly recognized for. In many of the Socratic dialogs, Socrates seeks out those who possess knowledge only to prove that they don’t possess given knowledge. Socrates performs this task by questioning the experts and ultimately driving them to contradict themselves. In the dialog Euthyphro, Socrates receives three different definitions of Piety by Euthyphro. I will be…

In this paper I will argue that Plato’s Euthyphro shows that though it is possible for religion and morality to connect, they are two separate concepts independent of each other and must always be considered as such. Throughout the dialogue, Socrates demonstrates that the foundations of morality cannot be based on religion, as this provides a definition of morality that is ultimately empty. Throughout the dialogue of Euthyphro, Socrates attempts to use irony and thorough questioning to refute…

In the Euthyphro Dilemma, Euthyphro also supports the Divine Command Theory, believing that the gods determine what is right and wrong. The dilemma raises the question, “is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?" What Euthyphro believes is, “what is dear to the gods is pious, what is not is impious,” which follows the constitutive belief…

method in the Euthyphro, the Apology, and the Crito as a means to alter the fixed mindsets and behaviors of the antagonists that surround him. For example, the individual responsibility of moral obligation is defended by Socrates’ conceptual mode of his philosophical method in his tearing down of his subjects’ preconceived notions on a topic, such as that of ‘What is piety?’ in Plato’s Euthyphro. In the Euthyphro, Socrates begs this importance of moral judgment by asking Euthyphro whether “the…