RE: Euthyphro dilemma
October 17, 2017 at 2:31 pm
(This post was last modified: October 17, 2017 at 2:39 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 17, 2017 at 2:26 pm)SteveII Wrote: 1. Neither. It defines good. All moral theories need an explanatory ultimate. This is a particularly good one since it is eternal and unchanging.That's option 2, not option "neither". If tyhe definition of goodness is whatever a gods eternal and unchanging nature happened to be, then the definition of goodness is arbitrary.
Quote:2. Nope. The first horn is clearly talking about a goodness as contingent property. It needs to be arbitrary otherwise the horn has no undesirable conclusion. I am talking about a nature that governs God. God cannot do or command anything in violation of his nature.Then whatever constrains god and gods nature as a good nature is the standard and definition of goodness. Option 1.
Quote:3. I don't think he did command rape or genocide.You could have ended that sentence after the first three words, or began it after the first three words....and it would have been twice as accurate.
Let's run with it, though, why do you think he didn't do that? Could he have done it and still been good? If he did order either would they then be good?
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