In Plato’s dialogue, Euthyphro, Socrates engages in the question of ‘what is piety (goodness)?’ Explain what the Divine Command Theory is and how it leads to the Euthyphro dilemma regarding goodness and its possible grounding in God’s commandment. Examine why it presents a problem for anyone holding to an ethical foundation based solely on God’s commandment of what is good. Then, offer a possible philosophical solution to this dilemma.
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You must provide at least 3 scholarly source materials for citation within the work
-1- the textbook itself from the author’s own work (BOOK TITLE: From Plato to Derrida BY: Forrest E. Baird) (6th edition)
-2- external sources (JSTOR, EBSCO, Google Scholar search)
Wikipedia is NOT a scholarly source!!!!
DUE: Tonight October 23, 2019
I have pictures of the textbook/passage if needed.
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