... the gods cause piety, or is the love for piety caused by the essence of piety. In one case, piety is dependent on the gods love. It is whatever the gods love, for whatever reason. The gods love things randomly in this case with no reasons. In the other case piety is independent of the gods love, making the gods love depend ... - (7A) and, "piety is what all the gods love, and that impiety is what they all hate."" (9E). What do the gods get from humans? According to Euthyphro, they get whatever is dearest to them: piety. This brings the argument right back to the beginning....

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... the "Divine Command Theory." The problem with Divine Command Theory is not explaining what it is, but how plausible the theory actually is. Divine Command Theory simply put says that whatever is good is good because God wants it to be good. People that accept divine command theory follow the instructions of God, despite what reason tells them. It seems as ... Command Theory that seem to prove it false, in my opinion. As stated in class, Divine Command Theory seems to just be theological nonsense. The reason for this is because whatever God commands is good according to this theory, but ...

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... over the many principle, and love of wisdom. The essence criterion is a feature of Platonic dialogues whereby he wants the answer to Socratic questions to reveal the true nature of whatever it is the characters are trying to learn about. For example, the essence of a chair is its "chairness", or in other words not only its function (to be sat upon ... ), but also its nature (whatever the nature of a chair may be). And Euthyphro has trouble giving the essence of piety because he instead gives examples or incorrect answers. The "one over many principle" is the ... ...

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... . Euthyphro defines holiness as persecuting religious offenders. Socrates found this definition unacceptable, seeing that there are many other more worthy deeds than persecuting people. Euthyphro went on to say that whatever the God's found agreeable was indeed holy. Socrates then went on to say that the God's fought with each other, so what might be agreeable to one might not be ... ...

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... . Euthyphro defines holiness as persecuting religious offenders. Socrates found this definition unacceptable, seeing that there are many other more worthy deeds than persecuting people. Euthyphro went on to say that whatever the God's found agreeable was indeed holy. Socrates then went on to say that the God's fought with each other, so what might be agreeable to one might not be ... ...

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... mixed, as he was related to Charmides, one of the Thirty, but he certainly did not approve of such a government (which was tyrannical and unstable), even at a young age. But whatever relief he might have felt about the restoration of the Democracy disappeared when it executed his mentor, Socrates. There was no place for Plato in practical politics. The caution that ... ...

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... mixed, as he was related to Charmides, one of the Thirty, but he certainly did not approve of such a government (which was tyrannical and unstable), even at a young age. But whatever relief he might have felt about the restoration of the Democracy disappeared when it executed his mentor, Socrates. There was no place for Plato in practical politics. The caution that ... ...

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... is not is impious." This is again not true because Forms are meant to be unchanging and the gods may change their minds. Once more, according to Euthyphro they get whatever is dearest to them. But this brings the argument right back to the beginning. What is dear to one god is not always dear to another, for they are often ... ...

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