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The Courthouse Conversation Between Euthyphro And Socrates

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Cormac Madigan Prof. Jeffries PHL 120 02/13/23 Courthouse Conversation This paper will address the Courthouse Conversation between Euthyphro and Socrates. The objective of this talk was to determine the definition of piety so that Socrates could utilize it as a defense in his trial that was to follow. Euthyphro gave statements about the nature of piety, all of which Socrates rejected on one ground or another. The initial definition Eurthyphro gave for piety was to prosecute the wrongdoer (6). He declared that it would be impious to do otherwise, even if the wrongdoer was your own father or mother. Euthyphro justifies his persecution of his own father by referencing back to the myth where Zeus, the most just of all the gods, bound his father …show more content…

Socrates initially found this statement to be a potentially adequate definition, so he proceeded to question Euthyphro further on the definition. Socrates first touched on the idea that the gods are in a state of discord in the Greek pantheon. Socrates posits that this is because they consider different things just or unjust, beautiful or ugly, and good or bad. By this logic, the same things are loved and hated by the gods, so that means it’s likely that everything is loved by one god or another on Mt. Olympus. Therefore, according to the definition put forth by Euthyphro, everything would be considered pious and impious at the same time. I found this argument persuasive in the context of Greek mythology. With such a large pantheon of gods being in constant conflict, there would likely never be a consensus among the gods. Even if they did agree on a big idea, such as that the act itself is wrong, they may disagree on the details like who the wrongdoer is and if the wrongdoer was at fault for their …show more content…

The idea that piety is to prosecute the wrongdoer is interesting in the context of Christianity, at least the way that I have been taught. The gospel declares that Jesus died so that the sins of the whole world could be forgiven. We are all sinners who have violated one or another of God’s commandments at some point in our life. We are all wrongdoers, yet God in his mercy chose to give us a chance at salvation. God will eventually prosecute the wrongdoer when Judgement Day comes. However, until then, he has given everyone time to seek forgiveness for

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