Moderators Gregory Matthews Posted December 1, 2017 Moderators Share Posted December 1, 2017 See: https://spectrummagazine.org/article/2017/11/30/women’s-ordination-and-euthyphro-question NOTE: If you click on the embedded link (Euthyphro) it will take to a 19 page conversation. Quote One of Plato’s dialogs is entitled The Euthyphro, named for the person Socrates is conversing with. A good summary of the dialog’s “plot” (such as it is) can be found here. The central issue being discussed is: what is the underlying moral rationale for Euthyphro to act as he plans to – which is prosecuting his father for murder. Socrates asks this key question (at Euthyphro 10a): “Is what you’re doing pious because it is loved by the gods, or do the gods love what you are doing because what you are doing is pious?” Now, while the question was written in a pagan context it applies equally well within a Christian one. And it may not be evident just how foundational this question is. So let me unpack it. Socrates is asking what grounds a person’s morality or ethics. Quote Gregory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators debbym Posted December 2, 2017 Administrators Share Posted December 2, 2017 how much has the person internalized the divine principles till they enter into motivation, and inspiration. yet the source of pure morality remains external. so i see it has both simultaneously. Quote deb Love awakens love. Let God be true and every man a liar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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