Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: August 3, 2025, 10:46 pm

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
A few thoughts on the Euthyphro dilemma
#17
RE: A few thoughts on the Euthyphro dilemma
shinydarkrai94 Wrote:You might not be able to. But there are arguments (used by atheists and theists alike) defending moral intuition, which would be one way to get at least some idea of what is moral and immoral.
There's a whole branch of philosophy dedicated to morals, but my point was that modifying the Dilemma to 'is it in God's nature or not' doesn't do much to give us an answer. As I said, being his nature or because he commanded it both look the same.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
Reply



Messages In This Thread
RE: A few thoughts on the Euthyphro dilemma - by Cyberman - April 27, 2012 at 8:12 pm
RE: A few thoughts on the Euthyphro dilemma - by padraic - April 27, 2012 at 8:51 pm
RE: A few thoughts on the Euthyphro dilemma - by Kayenneh - April 28, 2012 at 4:48 am
RE: A few thoughts on the Euthyphro dilemma - by toro - April 28, 2012 at 11:27 am
RE: A few thoughts on the Euthyphro dilemma - by padraic - April 28, 2012 at 6:38 pm
RE: A few thoughts on the Euthyphro dilemma - by genkaus - April 28, 2012 at 7:52 pm
RE: A few thoughts on the Euthyphro dilemma - by FallentoReason - April 28, 2012 at 10:37 pm

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Thoughts on Courtly love (aka platonic love) Macoleco 16 2808 September 11, 2022 at 2:04 pm
Last Post: Jehanne
  Thoughts of Reason Silver 22 2891 October 25, 2020 at 6:26 pm
Last Post: Sal
Lightbulb Some thoughts I felt compelled to share with anyone willing to listen, entheogen 22 4553 September 17, 2018 at 1:38 pm
Last Post: entheogen
  How our thoughts are formed? givepeaceachance 29 6634 May 24, 2018 at 5:27 am
Last Post: ignoramus
  Euthyphro dilemma ignoramus 198 32299 October 28, 2017 at 9:12 am
Last Post: bennyboy
  What will you do? (Ethical dilemma question) ErGingerbreadMandude 91 15304 October 22, 2017 at 5:30 pm
Last Post: Silver
  My thoughts on the Hard problem of consciousness Won2blv 36 8220 February 15, 2017 at 7:27 am
Last Post: bennyboy
  Thoughts deleteduser12345 17 3521 April 25, 2016 at 7:18 pm
Last Post: Edwardo Piet
  Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. Mystic 78 28191 February 2, 2016 at 12:40 am
Last Post: The Grand Nudger
  Ethics Class Homework Assignments: Critiques, Thoughts... Thanks! Mudhammam 6 3119 July 5, 2015 at 7:35 pm
Last Post: Mudhammam



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)