Topic > What is an example of relativism - 2076

Socrates was asking Euthyphro to define piety and impiety. He states: "Tell me what the nature of this idea is, and then I will have a standard to which I can look, and by which I can measure actions, whether yours or anyone else's, and then I will be able to say that such a one action is pious, another impious” (Plato, p. 5). This implies that, even if religion may have contradictory beliefs, it helps people to equip themselves with standard rules for living their lives by knowing how to deal with situations of justice and justice. murder. If people followed God's rules, they would agree to punish injustice. Furthermore, it is meant to indicate that what is good is associated with what is loved and holy by God. Although Socrates seems to agree that the holiness is loved because it is holy, not holy because it is loved, he was confused about the opposite side of this statement. He believes that if the gods love something, it is because it is holy and what is dear to the gods, is holy. But he wants to understand the essence of holiness to discover that what is dear to God is holy because it is holiness not because it is