kind of dilemmas that challenge their religious‚ traditional and cultural values. People might have preference on how to deal with the dilemma and the path to take which they believe to be morally right‚ but there is no one common right answer for a dilemma. A dilemma is a question with two possible and reasonable answers or explanations‚ which can be argued from both sides. The Euthyphro Dilemma deals with the question whether or not an action is right because God commands it or‚ God commands it because
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Preparing To Take Notes *Complete all assigned readings *Review notes from previous class *Gather need materials Preparing Your Paper *Each page of notes should include: -Class -Date -Topic -Guest Speaker‚ any identifying information What to Write Down *Use active listening skills *Listen for cues -Goals‚ purpose of lecture -Signal Statements *"The most important thing to remember" *"Keep in mind" *"Make sure you know" *"I expect you to" *"Listen closely" *Titles *Main
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and Death of Socrates The book The Trial and Death of Socrates is all about the famous philosopher Socrates‚ dealing with the challenges and disputes he encountered. Its told by another famous philosopher Platos’ perspective‚ who was a pupil of Socrates. The book focuses on 4 main dialogues Euthyphro‚ Apology‚ Crito‚ and Phaedo. While demonstrating themes of wisdom‚ existence‚ and death. First dialogue of this book is Euthyphro‚ which contains the characters Socrates‚ Euthyphro‚ and Meletus.
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As stated in the Divine Command Theory (DCT) of Moral Wrongness‚ an act is wrong if and only if it violates a command of God. However‚ there are many oppositions to this theory‚ the most famous being the Euthyphro problem. The Euthyphro problem is known as a dilemma argument‚ meaning the structure is set up as follows; either God’s commands are arbitrary or God’s commands are based simply on his knowledge of right and wrong. This dilemma argument is formulated in such a way that if you believe either
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Question. If there are any prominent universities or academicians in turkey concerning your case study‚ please provide information about them. 1. Marmara University‚ Istanbul (www.marmara.edu.tr/en) Marmara University has rapidly expanded‚ providing education-training and research activities from 1982 on‚ in the faculties‚ institutes‚ schools and vocational schools and research-implementation centers. In addition to education and training‚ the University has developed in social services‚ giving
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Why did a dictatorship emerge in Germany in 1933 and not before? The Weimar Republic was bound to fail sooner or later given its weakness at birth and the values it was associated with however as to why Hitler was able to take power in 1933 and not before is an interesting question that requires much thought and attention. It has being proven throughout history that for extreme parties such as the NSDAP or the Communist party to gain mass support there has to be an economic crisis. The Nazi party
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People have different beliefs on what is considered “right” and “wrong.” The idea that the truth is relative simply means that “what is true for me is true for me‚ and what is true for you is true for you.” There have been problems with this view however‚ because there is not a definitive meaning to the idea that the truth is relative; it is only a matter of opinion because the truth is the truth whether you believe it or not. For example‚ if a person is a vegetarian‚ then to that person‚ eating
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something very special to say about that. Socrates and Rene Descartes spent their life looking for the truth. They looked for the perfect answer to every question because both of them wanted the answers no one could have an answer too. Although these men were alive at very different times‚ they had the same ideas about life. Socrates spent his life looking for the truth. He was looked at as being a crazy old man‚ but that was something he was far from. Socrates looked for a certain answer he would
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In 399 BCE‚ Socrates was put on trial and convicted to death for “impiety and corrupting the youth of the city” (Apology‚ p. 202). He asked many questions of people‚ making them look unintelligent and the upper-class youth followed suit. Instead of accepting his fate‚ he killed himself‚ denying his opposition the pleasure of doing so themselves. Confucius was a philosopher in China many years after the death of Socrates in Greece. His philosophy was based on natural order‚ specifically children minding
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| Socrates Understanding | Beverly Melcher | Ethics and Moral Reasoning: PHI 208 Dione Johnson | | 3/3/2013 | Socrates Understanding The concept of holiness emerges into the dialogue when Socrates is trying to find out how to address the gods in a proper way. He is also trying to find out the definition of piety and impiety from the gods point of view. The reason for this is so that the man‚ Meletus‚ who feels that he is bring justified charges against Socrates to the gods‚ because
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