Philosophy
THE EUTHYPHRO DILEMMA AND THE SOURCE OF GOD’S STANDARDS
© 2020, by John Tors. All Rights Reserved. The Problem The Euthyphro Dilemma is a philosophical conundrum posited by Plato in his dialogue Euthyphro. It asks, “Are pious things pious because the gods love them, or do the gods love them because they are pious?”[1] Eventually, that question was asked of the Christian God: Is something good because God approves it or does God approve it because it is good? …