RE: Euthyphro dilemma
October 19, 2017 at 10:49 am
(This post was last modified: October 19, 2017 at 10:50 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 19, 2017 at 10:42 am)SteveII Wrote:Really........try to insert that word up there where you'd place it and see if it makes any sort of linguistic, let alone rational sense. Then..when you're done working that out....realize that I'll make the same comment for the same reasons all over again.(October 19, 2017 at 10:24 am)Khemikal Wrote: If there's a "moral goodness" which god exemplifies, in the first place, then good isn't defined by gods nature. Gods nature conforms, in that case, to an objective moral standard. That is, ofc, the other half of the dilemma.
It doesn't matter how many other creatures conform to it, if any conform to it, if god conforms to it in the first place (hello rape and genocide all over again). To be good is to conform to that standard, not to conform to god. If god is good, it is because god conforms to that standard, not because it is god.
Personally, Imma go ahead and skip the middleman. I know you're a huge fan, but it's goodness is highly suspect and, frankly, irrelevant.
You are right. I should not have used the word exemplify. I should have used the word paradigm.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
