PHILOS 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Euthyphro Dilemma, Divine Command Theory
1 Apr 2018
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In the question of justice, the thing they are trying to answer = what is right conduct?". S and others are discussing the nature of justice: one member: justice appears to be something like truth telling and giving to each what is owed (2) S asks whether that truth telling and repaying debts are always just: S: we can see why this definition does not work. Euthyphro eventually gives the following definition of piety": what all the gods love is holy and, on the other hand, what they all hate is unholy (9e) Socrates response: is that which is holy loved by the gods because it is holy, or is it holy because it is loved by the gods? (10a) If god loves/commands something because it is good/right, then the good/right does not depend on god at all because it would be good/right independently of god"s loving/commanding it.
