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agree that wrong doing murder should be punished

disagree that murder should be punished

agree on most issues

disagree on everything

2007-03-12 12:04:42 · 2 answers · asked by jason 1 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

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This one is a bit more difficult to untangle. The dialogue in general is about piety, and like most Socratic ones involves someone else trying to define it and Socrates ruining the defintions.

At one point, Euthyprho says that piety is doing what the gods want. Socrates doesn't think that definition will work because the gods are often in disgreement about what they want about things. So agreeing on most issues is out.

Euthyphro counters by pointing out that all the gods would agree that unjustified murder should be punished. Socrates concedes the point but suggests that even then they disagree about what constitutes appropriate justification. So the gods don't disagree about everything, and they all do agree that murder should be punished... at least as long as they agree that it's murder in the first place.

So that's probably your answer: agree that wrongful murder should be punished.

2007-03-12 12:47:34 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0 0

There is no justification for murder, even by a "god". Debating the topic on any level proves that "perfection" does not exist. When anything is "created" or has "life", its natural length and course should be attained through its own merits.

2007-03-12 22:54:10 · answer #2 · answered by Izen G 5 · 0 1

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