PHILOS 2P03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Meletus, Aporia, Divine Command Theory
21 Apr 2020
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Contents: background and introduction to euthyphro, euthyphro"s first definition of piety, euthyphro"s second definition of piety, euthyphro"s third definition of piety, a fourth definition of piety, reflections. Socrates is on his way to address the initial charges of impiety laid against him by. Euthyphro has finished disposing murder charges against his own father: socrates is shocked to hear this, said you must be advanced in wisdom, if you go with this charge you must know about piety. Socrates thinks euthyphro must be quite pious indeed and ought to know something about piety. Euthyphro: what"s loved by the gods is pious, and what"s not loved by the gods is: better than first definition. Socrates: (paraphrased) you acknowledge that the gods dispute amongst themselves. Hence the same things are loved by [some of] the gods and hated by [others of] the gods. So, the same things are both god-loved and god-hated.
