Religion, morality, and the Euthyphro dilemma
โ Scribed by George W. Harris
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 247 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7047
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
According to a recent argument by Murray MacBeath ("The Euthyphro Dilemma," Mind XCI [1982], 565-571), the following disjunction is exclusive but not exhaustive as many philosophers have thought:
A. 'Either right actions are right because God commands their performance, or God commands the performance of right actions because they are right.'
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