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Euthyphro dilemma introduced: is something good because God wills it, or does God will it because it's good?

Did God Create Evil？ A Misunderstood Bible Verse： Isaiah 45_7 00:27:31 – 00:29:32

Mike introduces a classical philosophical challenge to theistic ethics

The Euthyphro dilemma (from a Socratic dialogue, ~400 BC) poses: (1) Horn 1 — if something is good because God wills it, morality is arbitrary; God could command stabbing children and it would be good; morality is mere power/command; (2) Horn 2 — if God wills things because they are good, then goodness exists independently of God; God conforms to an external standard; God is not needed to ground morality.
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Did God Create Evil？ A Misunderstood Bible Verse： Isaiah 45_7 @ 00:27:31

2019-07-03

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