(August 9, 2015 at 9:44 pm)McDoogins Wrote: Socrates and Plato had this figured out years ago.
The Euthyphro dilemma is found in Plato's dialogue Euthyphro, in which Socrates asks Euthyphro, "Is the pious (τὸ ὅσιον) loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?" (10a)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthyphro_dilemma
A sober man would say something is pious because it is pious, not because it is loved by the gods.
Basically, something isn't good just because a higher authority commands it.
You mean agreeable. Something is not agreeable because a higher authority commands it. "Good" is not a relative term in this situation 'we' do not have the authority to determine 'good' only what is good for us/society. However this measure of 'good' in no way effects the measure of 'Good' set by the Higher Authority of God. Why does God get to determine what is God and what is not? Because He literally created everything and in His game we play by His rules or our 'pieces' are taken off his board.