The_Euthyphro

The Euthyphro The moral dilemma involving Euthyphro and Socrates begins when Socrates challenges Euthyphro by asking him what holiness really is, since Euthyphro claimed he was an “expert” in religious matters. Euthyphro defines holiness as persecuting religious offenders. Socrates found this definition unacceptable, seeing that there are many other more worthy deeds than persecuting people. Euthyphro went on to say that whatever the God’s found agreeable was indeed holy. Socrates then went on to say that the God’s fought with each other, so what might be agreeable to one might not be to another. Basically, Socrates was trying to prove that holiness cannot be socrates, holiness, euthyphro, gods, dilemma, saying, say, religious, really, persecuting, might, god’s, found, each, defined, agreeable, again, after, worthy, whatever, way, unsure, unsolved, unacceptable, trying, therefore, since, seeing, sacrifices, rebutted, prove, prayers, powerful, people, order, one