Socrates asks Euthyphro “is the holy, holy because it is loved by the gods?” or “is something loved by the gods because it is holy?” Euthyphro was charging his father with murder. Not that he physically put his hands on one, but while another was awaiting the decision, his father left the man to die of starvation and lack of water. In Euthyphro’s eyes, his father was the murder of this man. The reason he is prosecuting his father is because he believes in the Gods and that no matter if someone is of kin if it is not right then it just isn’t right. He believes he should be punished because that was not the holy thing for him to do. But what is holy?
When the question arises on what the meaning of holy even is, Euthyphro could not give Socrates a real answer. They kept battling back and forth on if something is loved by the Gods, it is holy or is it holy because it is loved by the Gods. In a
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He goes to say that “actions are morally wrong if and only if they are not morally right.” What Quinn is basically saying is that if God commands that you do it, then it is right or it is right if he does not permit you can’t do it. Also, something is only wrong if God tells you not to do it, and it is only obligatory if he tells you to do it. He thinks that there is no argument that would count as proof of the principles of the Divine Command Theory (DCT). In my opinion, I would go with, something is holy because it is loved by God. I agree with the DCT and that if God commands that you do something, then that is holy or that you not do something then that is unholy. For a monotheist, believing in only one God, you should follow by what your God says and how he feels about one’s actions. That whatever God says you do, that is holy. Whatever God says you shall not do, do not do it because it is not holy. Since you are doing what God says, then you are being holy and it is loved by your