The Euthyphro dilemma but what if it’s standpoint theory
September 29, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The Euthyphro dilemma but what if it’s standpoint theory
someday you’ll find it the euthyphro connection
September 29, 2026 at 2:42 AM
someday you’ll find it the euthyphro connection
Sorry Euthyphro.
Anyways it's worth noting many other religions sidestep this particular objection.
Anyways it's worth noting many other religions sidestep this particular objection.
September 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Sorry Euthyphro.
Anyways it's worth noting many other religions sidestep this particular objection.
Anyways it's worth noting many other religions sidestep this particular objection.
sidenote the Euthyphro dilemma is fascinating for it is about piety to your dad (not the gods) when dad ruins your inheritance
also simultaneously about Naxos being almost conquered started war between Persia and Greece for 200 years
also simultaneously about Naxos being almost conquered started war between Persia and Greece for 200 years
September 26, 2026 at 5:37 AM
sidenote the Euthyphro dilemma is fascinating for it is about piety to your dad (not the gods) when dad ruins your inheritance
also simultaneously about Naxos being almost conquered started war between Persia and Greece for 200 years
also simultaneously about Naxos being almost conquered started war between Persia and Greece for 200 years
This, and the Euthyphro lines in "No Church in the Wild", each amazed professors when I went back to school in the early 2010s. As if hip hop just wasn't a font of creativity, they just didn't expect it.
September 23, 2026 at 2:06 AM
This, and the Euthyphro lines in "No Church in the Wild", each amazed professors when I went back to school in the early 2010s. As if hip hop just wasn't a font of creativity, they just didn't expect it.
Divine command theory has a real strength: it gives morality a fixed anchor point. But Plato punctured it 2400 years ago — the Euthyphro dilemma: is a thing good because God commands it, or does God command it because it's already good? Either way, reason is doing the real work.
September 19, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Divine command theory has a real strength: it gives morality a fixed anchor point. But Plato punctured it 2400 years ago — the Euthyphro dilemma: is a thing good because God commands it, or does God command it because it's already good? Either way, reason is doing the real work.
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White House counterterrorism czar says that under the theology of Islam, "Allah could decree tomorrow that murder is just."
September 18, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Died: ca. 399 BCE
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Euthyphro dilemma SOLVED (with the help of AI, probably)
September 18, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Euthyphro dilemma SOLVED (with the help of AI, probably)
Seb gorka leaning all the way into the euthyphro question was not on my 2026 bingo card
White House counterterrorism czar says that under the theology of Islam, "Allah could decree tomorrow that murder is just."
September 18, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Seb gorka leaning all the way into the euthyphro question was not on my 2026 bingo card
Babe wake up, Sebastian Gorka is re-litigating the Euthyphro Dilemma
"Our [Christian] God can't do that. In the theology of Islam, that is deemed to be heretical. There can be no limitations on Allah. Therefore, he can have a capricious attitude to morality."
White House counterterrorism czar says that under the theology of Islam, "Allah could decree tomorrow that murder is just."
September 18, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Babe wake up, Sebastian Gorka is re-litigating the Euthyphro Dilemma
what it’s like to read Plato’s Euthyphro
White House counterterrorism czar says that under the theology of Islam, "Allah could decree tomorrow that murder is just."
September 18, 2026 at 12:50 AM
what it’s like to read Plato’s Euthyphro
Someone completely misunderstood the Euthyphro dilemma.
September 17, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Someone completely misunderstood the Euthyphro dilemma.
If you don’t know, the Euthyphro dilemma is “are things good because God likes them, or does God like things because they’re good?”
Evangelicals claim the former.
It boils down to “might makes right” as a cosmic law. Which most people (rightly!) feel is morally repugnant.
Evangelicals claim the former.
It boils down to “might makes right” as a cosmic law. Which most people (rightly!) feel is morally repugnant.
September 16, 2026 at 6:39 PM
If you don’t know, the Euthyphro dilemma is “are things good because God likes them, or does God like things because they’re good?”
Evangelicals claim the former.
It boils down to “might makes right” as a cosmic law. Which most people (rightly!) feel is morally repugnant.
Evangelicals claim the former.
It boils down to “might makes right” as a cosmic law. Which most people (rightly!) feel is morally repugnant.
Modern evangelicals happily gore themselves on one horn of the Euthyphro dilemma and call that “moral realism,” and I completely understand why people are repulsed by that sort of moral philosophy.
September 16, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Modern evangelicals happily gore themselves on one horn of the Euthyphro dilemma and call that “moral realism,” and I completely understand why people are repulsed by that sort of moral philosophy.
Right wing types really hate “moral relativism” while they argue for a “might makes right” form of moral epistemology.
And so some people mistake evangelicals goring themselves on one horn of the Euthyphro dilemma for “moral realism” and align themselves against that position in a strange way.
And so some people mistake evangelicals goring themselves on one horn of the Euthyphro dilemma for “moral realism” and align themselves against that position in a strange way.
September 16, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Right wing types really hate “moral relativism” while they argue for a “might makes right” form of moral epistemology.
And so some people mistake evangelicals goring themselves on one horn of the Euthyphro dilemma for “moral realism” and align themselves against that position in a strange way.
And so some people mistake evangelicals goring themselves on one horn of the Euthyphro dilemma for “moral realism” and align themselves against that position in a strange way.
scott aaronson read the euthyphro challenge
September 16, 2026 at 4:41 PM
scott aaronson read the euthyphro challenge
For instance, I think the Euthyphro Dilemma is a knock down, decisive refutation of divine command theory. This view of mine is the overwhelming position of professional philosophers. If it wasn't, I'd have some doubt and definitely would have to have some reason to think the field is diseased.
September 15, 2026 at 5:52 PM
For instance, I think the Euthyphro Dilemma is a knock down, decisive refutation of divine command theory. This view of mine is the overwhelming position of professional philosophers. If it wasn't, I'd have some doubt and definitely would have to have some reason to think the field is diseased.
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Written by Nathan Oakes, Director of Ethics Education and Programming, University of Mississippi
Written by Nathan Oakes, Director of Ethics Education and Programming, University of Mississippi
What Does God Want, and Why? Plato’s Euthyphro – The Philosophy Teaching Library
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September 9, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Read the article today: thephilosophylibrary.org/article/what...
Written by Nathan Oakes, Director of Ethics Education and Programming, University of Mississippi
Written by Nathan Oakes, Director of Ethics Education and Programming, University of Mississippi
Here’s a dilemma. Is something good because God commands it? Or does God command it because it is already good?
Plato’s Euthyphro takes a seemingly simple question and turns it into a much bigger question about what we really mean when we call something ‘good.’
Dive into the full article today.
Plato’s Euthyphro takes a seemingly simple question and turns it into a much bigger question about what we really mean when we call something ‘good.’
Dive into the full article today.
September 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Here’s a dilemma. Is something good because God commands it? Or does God command it because it is already good?
Plato’s Euthyphro takes a seemingly simple question and turns it into a much bigger question about what we really mean when we call something ‘good.’
Dive into the full article today.
Plato’s Euthyphro takes a seemingly simple question and turns it into a much bigger question about what we really mean when we call something ‘good.’
Dive into the full article today.
Euthyphro dilemma for judgemental AGI: Are AGIs final judgements good and just because it willed them to be, or because they align with objective cosmic norms?
If the judgements are based on arbitrary acts of its will then it could see cruelty as virtuous, and altruism as sinful.
If the judgements are based on arbitrary acts of its will then it could see cruelty as virtuous, and altruism as sinful.
September 7, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Euthyphro dilemma for judgemental AGI: Are AGIs final judgements good and just because it willed them to be, or because they align with objective cosmic norms?
If the judgements are based on arbitrary acts of its will then it could see cruelty as virtuous, and altruism as sinful.
If the judgements are based on arbitrary acts of its will then it could see cruelty as virtuous, and altruism as sinful.
Man, i am still loving my ancient texts grinds. Sometimes i see the wisdom permeating from thousands of years and sometimes i agree with Euthyphro
September 6, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Man, i am still loving my ancient texts grinds. Sometimes i see the wisdom permeating from thousands of years and sometimes i agree with Euthyphro
"Tell me, what is the pious, and what the impious? Are these not opposites? And is what is loved by the gods pious because it is loved, or loved because it is pious?"
Plato, Euthyphro 10a
Plato, Euthyphro 10a
September 6, 2026 at 9:04 PM
"Tell me, what is the pious, and what the impious? Are these not opposites? And is what is loved by the gods pious because it is loved, or loved because it is pious?"
Plato, Euthyphro 10a
Plato, Euthyphro 10a
they didn’t even teach us about euthyphro what was ohio public school DOING (my high school was probably better than most by having a dedicated humanities class where we read classic lit instead of idk the hunger games)
September 5, 2026 at 5:13 AM
they didn’t even teach us about euthyphro what was ohio public school DOING (my high school was probably better than most by having a dedicated humanities class where we read classic lit instead of idk the hunger games)
Minor quibble based on the Euthyphro. It’s not that you *decide* what’s bad, it’s that you identify it with a 100% rate of accuracy (better than anyone else).
September 3, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Minor quibble based on the Euthyphro. It’s not that you *decide* what’s bad, it’s that you identify it with a 100% rate of accuracy (better than anyone else).
If I ignore everything knowable except what Plato’s Euthyphro says, it’s not hard to offer a lucid reconstruction of an argument in the dialogue. If I ignore everything about mind and language and general ontology, it’s not hard to offer a lucid case for a moral claim.
September 2, 2026 at 10:36 PM
If I ignore everything knowable except what Plato’s Euthyphro says, it’s not hard to offer a lucid reconstruction of an argument in the dialogue. If I ignore everything about mind and language and general ontology, it’s not hard to offer a lucid case for a moral claim.