PHIL 1033 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Omnipotence, Euthyphro Dilemma, Jean-Paul Sartre
13 Sep 2016
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9. 07. 16: moderate sartre finding at least some outlet for our freedom. If we decide that a large part of what we are is out of our control, we might give up too easily and conclude that our essence is out of our hands. Should we feel obliged to work toward the freedom of all: hard to draw the line between what we want to do and what we should b doing for all. Where the text uses the word pious" we will use the word good". Initial stab: good = what is dear to the gods = what the gods love (8) Refinement: good = what all the gods love (11) or as we might say now good = what god loves. We don"t decide what is good or bad or right and wrong. Still, two very different theses the euthyphro dilemma (12, 13) Euthyphro is prosecuting his father for murder: must be authority for whats good/bad, right/wrong.
