The Euthyphro dilemma is an ephebophile problem that brings up the topics about the nature of morality and the relationship between God and morality. The dilemma is named after the character Euthyphro in the Plato dialogues who brought the questions of whether action is moral because God commands them, or whether God commands them because they are moral. This dilemma has Signiant implications for our understanding of gods nature and the nature of morality. The first horn of the dilemma says that God's commands determine what is morally okay. This is also known as the command theory. This theory states that god has Ultimate power over what is good or bad. In other words, if God states an action, it is right okay, or good because he commanded …show more content…
For example, if God's essential property is “omnibenevolence” Then it may be argued that God would never command anything that is morally wrong, therefore the divine command theory is true alternatively if God's central properties include attributes such as simplicity and eternity then it may be argued that morality exists independently of God's command and therefore the moral theory is true. The implications that come with both horns of euphoria dilemma for God. Seeing the first horn is correct then God's commands are unpredictable and lack real-life morals. If God wanted to command something evil such as murder or rape, he could because he has the power this view brings the statement of morality exists on that external standard that raises the question of the necessity of God. In either case, God is essential to our understanding of morality if a subject relates to morality and varies from one religion to another then there is no objective to morality on the other hand if something is objective to morality then it must be grounded into something beyond human understanding and that something is what we call