What does euthyphro claim as an expert in? Euthyphro proudly claims that he is an expert in
all religious matters
, and that this is what differentiates him from the common man. In response to this claim, Socrates suggests that perhaps Euthyphro could teach him about religious matters.
What does Euthyphro claim to know about?
What does Euthyphro claim to know? -claims to know about
piety and impiety
.
What does Euthyphro claim piety to be?
What is the main point of Euthyphro?
Which of the following claims does Euthyphro make?
What is the main topic in question in Euthyphro?
Its focus is on the question:
What is piety?
Euthyphro, a priest of sorts, claims to know the answer, but Socrates shoots down each definition he proposes. After five failed attempts to define piety, Euthyphro hurries off and leaves the question unanswered.
What does Socrates ask Euthyphro to define?
Socrates asks Euthyphro to offer him a definition of
piety or holiness
.
What are the first three arguments in Euthyphro?
| The Euthyphro Argument | 1 DCT is true. | 2 If DCT is true, then morality is dependent on God’s will. | ∴ 3 Morality is dependent on God’s will. | 4 Either an action X is morally right because God commands X or God commands X because X is morally right. |
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What is euthyphro’s first answer to the question?
Euthyphro’s first answer to Socrates’s basic question is: “
the pious is to do what I am doing now
.” How does Socrates refute it? Socrates is not looking for examples of piety, but for a definition of it.
Which of the following views does Euthyphro adhere to?
Which of the following views does Euthyphro adhere to?
A pious act is pious because the gods love it
. What is Euthyphro’s first definition of the pious? what he is “doing now, to prosecute the wrongdoer”—i.e., his father for murder.
What are the two claims of the Euthyphro dilemma?
What is euthyphro’s first argument?
What is the significance of the Euthyphro dilemma?
At first glance the Euthyphro dilemma may seem a challenge to the value of religious traditions. In fact it is
a question that unites the religious and the secular in the need to seek right and wrong within the human world, whether or not we also choose to seek them in God
.
What are euthyphro’s fallacies?
The explanation runs in a circle—it commits the fallacy of
Begging the Question
. Euthyphro effectively claims that acts are pious because the gods love them but that the gods love them because they are pious—which amounts to saying that acts are pious because they are pious, and that is no explanation at all.
How does the Euthyphro dialogue end?
Once again, it seems that Euthyphro’s arguments are going around in circles and not staying put. Rather than provide an entirely new definition,
Euthyphro backs out
, ending the dialogue rather abruptly. This final section is laced with irony that is quite humorous.
Who said virtue all virtue is knowledge?
According to
Socrates
, “Virtue is knowledge” because through virtue you can live your life in the best possible manner.
What is the argument in Plato’s Euthyphro?
What Socrates teaches Euthyphro?
What is the answer to the euthyphro question?
Why does Socrates think Euthyphro must have knowledge of piety?
Piety is what is dear to the gods and impiety is that which is not dear to them. Socrates says it is not clear what makes anything dear to the gods, and what is dear to some of them ma not be dear to the others. Euthyphro then insists that
piety is that which is pleasing to all of the gods
.
What is euthyphro’s first definition of piety How does he justify it and why does Socrates reject it?
What is the main theme of the cave allegory?
The Allegory Of The Cave Summary: The Main Idea
Its main idea is
the discussion of how humans perceive reality and if human existence has a higher truth
. It explores the theme of belief versus knowledge.
What is the goal of philosophy according to Plato?
What is wrong with defining the godly and pious as that part of justice that is concerned with the care of the gods?
What is wrong with defining “the godly and pious” as that part of justice that is concerned with the “care of the gods”? a.
God does not seem to be benefited by us, for this implies some lack or imperfection in him
. The difficulty is in trying to define in human terms our relation to God.
What is the Euthyphro problem quizlet?
Euthyphro dilemma
suggests that the relationship between morality & religion might not be clear cut
. What does the Euthyphro dilemma imply about the relationship between God & morality. It implies that God is not omnipotent (having unlimited power), that he would be subservient to a moral law that he doesn’t control.
What is the conclusion of the Euthyphro dilemma?
The Euthyphro concludes that
morality cannot be identified by what is loved by God
, as that would leave it an empty concept. If we decide to follow the second horn of this dilemma, then we must accept that God is simply a messenger for morality, not the source of it.
How do you answer the Euthyphro dilemma?
How is Euthyphro relevant in the study of the divine command theory?
Euthyphro is a proponent of Divine Command Theory, and
he is convinced that moral principles are what the gods love and the immoral ones are what they hate
. Socrates questions the logical conclusion of his interlocutor.
What can we learn from the Euthyphro about Socrates religious views?
What are the first three arguments in Euthyphro?
What is the Euthyphro dilemma simplified?
First,
it implies that what is good is arbitrary, based merely upon god’s whim
; if god had created the world to include the values that rape, murder, and torture were virtues, while mercy and charity were vices, then they would have been.
