lecture 2 (short version) euthyphro
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GEM1004 Reason & Persuasion Assoc. prof. John Holbo. Lecture 2 (short version) Euthyphro. What is justice? Why is this a symbol for justice?. What is justice blind? What is it she’s not supposed to see? Certain sorts of personal facts. But I’m not no one in particular. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Lecture 2
(short version)
Euthyphro
GEM1004 Reason & Persuasion
Assoc. prof. John Holbo
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What is justice? Why is this a symbol for justice?
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What is justice blind?
What is it she’s not supposed to see?
Certain sorts of personal facts
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But I’m not no one in particular.
I’m me. So how does this conception of justice relate to all that important stuff it won’t see?
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Can’t I have both?
Circle & Straight?
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Euthyphro’s bright idea.
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Two questions are getting a bit crossed:
•What is the JUST thing for Euthyphro to do?
•What is the PIOUS/HOLY thing?
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Problem 1: Are we supposed to believe it all really happened?
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Problem 2: A couple examples of holy things aren’t really enough. We need a definition. The ‘form’ of holiness. Some feature all holy actions share, making them be what they are.
Suppose a friend comes to your door late at night. “I think my dad murdered someone. What should I do?”
You would sit down and try to define ‘holiness’, right? Obviously not. Why not?
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Here’s one reason you might want a definition. You want to understand this Venn diagram.
And here’s another reason why you might want a definition …
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Tough problems need real solutions.
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Lecture 2 Part 2
Euthyphro
GEM1004 Reason & Persuasion
Assoc. prof. John Holbo
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Problem 3: The gods fight about everything.
Definition 1: What the gods
love is holy. What they hate is
unholy.
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Definition 2: What ALL the gods love is holy. What they hate is unholy.
Problem 4: No one really wants to join the Evil
League of Evil.
http://www.evilleagueofevil.com/
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Is it holy because the gods love it, or do the gods live it because it is holy?
A dilemma:
•Either what is holy turns out to be arbitrary.
•Or what we really want to know is what is right – or good or just.
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Definition 3: Holiness is that portion of justice concerned with care of the gods.
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The point isn’t so much that Euthyphro is wrong to be prosecuting his father. (Maybe he’s right. It’s not as though the idea that impersonal justice is ideal is obviously wrong.) But he’s distracted by a lot of stuff that doesn’t make sense: