Euthyphro- Plato: Defining Socrates in your own words. Socrates during a session….. Untia Daun Bigelow PHI 208 Ethics and Moral Reasoning Patricia Addeso October 21‚ 2013 It seems that in the reading both Socrates and Euthyphro are both dealing with legal issues and they are discussing the differences and the similarities of their cases with one another. Socrates is a defendant in a suit accusing him of impiety which was brought against him by no other than Meletus who was not
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Introduction a. We can observe through Plato’s various works that he has some difficulty in defining universals; like justice‚ piety‚ etc. b. In an attempt to provide a definition for intangible universals‚ Plato constructs a theory of forms to show that the sensible world of particulars are mere imitations of the real world where forms reside‚ independent of thought and existing in their own metaphysical domain that can be accessed through the mind using reason. Plato’s theory of forms is strongly
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impiety and Euthyphro was currently prosecuting his own father for murder charges. However‚ Socrates points out the fact that the act of prosecuting one’s own father was impious. Euthyphro simply replies that he has a clear understanding as what is pious and impious and stating that what he is doing is pious because of the sin his father had committed. Murdering someone showed a high level of impiety‚ and that action needs to be punished. This dilemma then leads for Socrates and Euthyphro to discuss
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many traditions one being Christianity‚ God is the the one who makes the laws and has made rules for Christians to go by. Rachel’s explains the divine command theory central features as “It is right if God commands it‚ wrong if God forbids it”. Euthyphro dilemma is discussed in dialogue between
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like you to believe. A very old and important dilemma facing this relationship is the Euthyphro dilemma‚ discussed in Plato’s Euthyphro. In it‚ Socrates and Euthyphro argue about the nature of morality outside of a court. Socrates is being prosecuted for impiety‚ while Euthyphro is charging his father with murder. Although charging your father‚ even for murder‚ is frowned upon in Ancient Greek culture‚ Euthyphro justifies it by claiming that this is similar to what the Gods have been reported to have
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Passage one: The Chorus’ first speech‚ page 193 to 196 Passage two: Dionysus and Pentheus’ exchange‚ 206 to 209 Passage three: Dionysus’ final speech‚ 241 to 242 Euripides’ The Bacchae explores the polarities of logic and impulse that are both inherent in human nature within a world fatally lacking in balance. In evoking the very extremes of both rigorous rationale and primal instinct‚ the folly of a linear worldview is tragically rendered. In the Chorus’ emphatic exaltation of Dionysus
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This week we read pieces about madness in the ancient world‚ and how different cultures viewed it. The first piece was a dialogue of Socrates from Plato’s Phaedrus‚ the second speech. In the dialogue Socrates is speaking to young Phaedrus about love‚ sanity‚ and madness. His main point is the idea that it is acceptable to become mad‚ and that‚ though love seems strange and silly‚ it is a divine gift that brings the spirit ever higher towards the gods after death. “Neither human wisdom nor divine
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Anthem What is egoism? Something that Prometheus seems so interested in. Egoism is a doctrine that individual self worth is the motive behind all conscious action. In this day in age being an egoist is wrong‚ but in Prometheus society being an egoist wasn’t even heard of. Why is it that Prometheus writes down “ego” at the very end of the book on page 105 of Anthem. To Prometheus the word ego is sacred. To Prometheus being an individualist should be something everyone should want and strive for
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In the reading Euthyphro‚ it is an argument between Euthyphro (the priest) and Socrates (who is being indicted by another man). This reading is a dialogue between the two men arguing on the same topic‚ even though they each gave examples‚ they still can’t figure out the answer but going “around and around” with the original question. Since Euthyphro and Socrates gave a lot of examples during the argument‚ I was really confused when reading it. I couldn’t organize my thoughts on the reading. However
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In an analysis of Plato’s Euthyphro‚ Peter Geach claims that Socrates commits the Socratic fallacy when he refuses Euthyphro’s first definition of piety. Socrates rejects the definition given because it does not give a formal definition of what piety is‚ but instead offers examples of things and actions that are pious. Geach believes that this is a substantial fallacy committed by Socrates‚ one that may prevent him from getting at the truth of the matter. I will first expand on Geach’s Socratic fallacy
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