CAS PH 150 Study Guide - Final Guide: Divine Command Theory, Joel Feinberg, Ethical Egoism
27 Mar 2014
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Ethics: philosophers work with concepts and arguments, philosophy breaks down into three different sections, descriptive what is the case, normative what we ought to do, metaphysics. Euthyphro: one of plato"s early dialogues, euthyphro"s (a religious official) father murdered a servant, so euthyphro is going to kill his father, socrates asks euthyphro what the definition of holy/pious is, first definition by euthyphro: That"s not a definition of pious because you gave me an example, not the definition: euthyphro realizes his mistake and gives a second definition, second definition by euthyphro: what is not agreeable to them is unholy. (p. 8) What is agreeable to the gods is holy, and: socrates: there are lots of gods and not all gods agree. This means that if the gods loved it because its holy, then the gods are determining what is holy. If the latter, then something else is determining what is holy.
