Philosophy / Unit 7 Philosophy 0272 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Euthyphro Dilemma
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The idea
The Euthyphro dilemma: is conduct right because God commands it, or does God command it because it is right? Either answer costs the theory something.
In practice
The first makes morality arbitrary—cruelty could have been commanded. The second concedes a standard independent of the command.
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