PHIL 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Meletus
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Meletus: chief accuser of socrates at his trial. Corrupting the youth: no belief in the gods, but introducing others, corrupting the youth. Why euthyphro is at court: prosecuting his father for murder, drunken father killed servant. Divine sign: voice that came to socrates, not advising positively; prevents him doing wrong. What we owe to the divine in the way of attitudes and behavior: thinks euthyphro might be able to answer. The first attempt: prosecuting the wrongdoer, not the right kind of answer. The second attempt: what is dear to the gods, euthyphro admits the gods quarrel. It follows that the same thing will be pious and impious. The fourth attempt: the pious is part of the just, service to the gods, prayer and sacrifice, that is what they love, back to the third answer, euthyphro flees. The problem with defining piety as what all the gods love is that it ________. Gives only an external characteristic of piety.
