Category: Euthyphro Dilemma

Platos famous question concerning the nature of goodness asks whether a thing is good because God says it is good, or does God say its good because it is good. This is known as Euthyphros Dilemma (named after the character Euthyphro in Platos socratic dialogue’ on the subject of goodness). The problem this question raises…

Good and evil are like two notes in a symphony. Many things change into their opposites: for example, hard ice melts into water which is soft. This led to believe that the combination of opposites resulted in a harmonious whole. In music, harmony results from the combination of low and high notes, while in the…

A claim that people are morally required to subject their moral judgments to scrutiny, perhaps to test whether their moral beliefs are supported by right reason and they can stand up to objections seems to be straightforward. However, morality is derived from different sources. Quite a number of philosophers argue for the rational basis of…

Divine Command Theory & Utilitarianism I. Introduction This paper discussed both the divine command theory and utilitarianism, in a comparative study to ultimately suggest that utilitarianism is the most compelling approach in determining right and wrong. This paper is divided into four sections. Part II will outline the divine command theory and provide a detailed…

What does it mean to be a good person? How does one determine what the right thing to do is in a moral dilemma? Originally introduced by Aristotle, virtue ethics attempts to provide a moral framework to answer these questions. Virtue ethics is one of the major methodologies in normative ethics. This moral theory has…