E4.2 religion + morality

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  • Plato's Euthyphro dilemma:

    P1: either God decides if something's moral or there’s independent morality God is subject to
    P2: if God is source of morality, morality = arbitrary, meaningless - can will anything to be moral, including unjust acts
    P3: if there’s independent morality God is subject to, God is superfluous to morality
    C: Therefore, God is not omnibenevolent or not omnipotent
  • Plato's Euthyphro dilemma:
    P1: either God decides if something's moral or there’s independent morality God is subject to
    P2: if God is source of morality, morality = arbitrary, meaningless - can will anything to be moral, including unjust acts
    P3: if there’s independent morality God is subject to, God is superfluous to morality
    C: Therefore, God is not omnibenevolent or not omnipotent