’The death of God’ by Simon Blackburn is an excerpt that challenges the role of religion in the ethical decisions that we face. Throughout the piece the idea that religion has involvement with ethics is never disputed‚ however the article does question this involvement by asking to what extent and why this is the case. By analysing Blackburn’s main message I shall decide upon whether his arguments are justified in conveying this. Taking on the role of an apparent atheist‚ Blackburn demonstrates his
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knowledge. Meletus - The chief accuser of Socrates‚ responsible for bringing him to trial. Little is known about Meletus and by all accounts‚ he seems to have been a rather insignificant figure. Plato ’s portrayal of him‚ both in The Apology and in The Euthyphro (see 2b) is far from sympathetic. Socrates ’ cross-examination of him in The Apology puts Meletus to shame. Summary-Plato ’s The Apology is an account of the speech Socrates makes at the trial in which he is charged with not recognizing the gods
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societies worship towards the Gods‚ and the people of Athens were furious in result. The jurors were already influenced on what they thought of Socrates before these actions took place. They had already considered Socrates a fool because of the Euthyphro case where they had debated about holiness. In the debate you could notice how he asks a lot of questions and the amount of arrogance he uses. Not to mention the sophists who were also against Socrates because he believed that what they did by tutoring
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tells us whether what we do is right or wrong: all beliefs have an origin and come from somewhere‚ so this sense of morality must have originated from God. However‚ some may argue that religion and morality are not connected because of the Euthyphro Dilemma‚ which states that commanding an action does not necessarily make it good and that just because God says something is good‚ how do we know that it really is? If we take something that is willed by God as good
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tradition involved do not find consensus as to what those various mandates mean‚ how do we know what is right and what is wrong? However‚ a less obvious and more complex problem exists for DCT. The classic presentation of this topic is in Plato’s Euthyphro. Here’s the question: Is something wrong simply because God says so? Or is God merely very knowledgeable of the "rules‚" and is thus especially able to inform us of the rules? Let’s take the latter view first. One asks‚ "Is lying wrong?" Answer:
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that ethics require religious grounding‚ rather than relying on hold books or religious revelations‚ philosophical ethics uses reason and experience to determine what is good and bad‚ right and wrong‚ better and worse. In the philosophical tale Euthyphro by Socrates‚ he examines the religious view‚ and asks whether things are good because they are approved by the gods‚ or whether the gods approve of them because they are good. Socrates states that god could decree anything to be good or bad. One
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“Athens‚ birthplace of democracy‚ executed the philosopher Socrates in the year 399 bce for the crime of impiety” (Nails 27) Why did Athens wait so long to put Socrates on trial? In order to explore my topic and try to answer my question‚ I began reading three scholarly sources‚ which gave me a better understanding on why he could of been put to trial. It still raises the same question as to what really happened and why was Socrates sent to trial at such a late age in life. Socrates throughout his
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In the reading Nicomachean Ethics‚ by Aristotle‚ a well-known philosopher‚ wrote about what it is to be a good person and how being a good person‚ reflects our happiness. Along with writing by Aristotle‚ there was another writing by Immanuel Kant‚ called The Foundations of the Metaphysics of morals‚ that’s rights about the fundamentals of the moral duty. These two philosophers were very good and can very well go well with each other. Aristotle and Immanuel Kant can agree that‚ to be a moral person
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We are taught at a very young age that we are to seek out happiness‚ yet no one really knows what that is. When you are a child‚ happiness could be found by playing with toys‚ and schoolmates. When we are children‚ our concept of happiness is minimal. As years passed‚ our concept of happiness becomes much more expansive. We are schooled to think that if we succeed at something‚ whether it is at a career‚ college or in relationships‚ we are seeking to be happy. Some people seek out happiness through
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during the years of his travels between 399 and 387 BC. One of the texts in this group called the Apology seems to have been written shortly after Socrates ’ death. Other texts relegated to this group include the Crito‚ Laches‚ Lysis‚ Charmides‚ Euthyphro‚ and
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