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5 pages in length. Euthyphro thinks it is right for him to prosecute his own father because he claims to be pious in the action. Merely because he believes himself to be an authority due to his piousness, he therefore justifies what transpires from such belief. Moreover, Euthyphro's involvement in religion by virtue of being some sort of clergyman coupled with his authority about the gods cast him into a self-proclaimed expert on holiness. This, therefore, calls for him to demonstrate what he claims in order for his reasoning to be accepted, an objective he attempts to achieve in three tries. No additional sources cited.
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he believes himself to be an authority due to his piousness, he therefore justifies what transpires from such belief. Moreover, Euthyphros involvement in religion by virtue of being some
sort of clergyman coupled with his authority about the gods cast him into a self-proclaimed expert on holiness. This, therefore, calls for him to demonstrate what he claims in
order for his reasoning to be accepted, an objective he attempts to achieve in three tries: 1. That he is pious is reason enough to justify prosecution of his
own father 2. The gods love piousness so therefore he must be justified 3. Because they are pious, the gods love pious acts
The problems Socrates finds with Euthyphros attempts to justify his actions illustrate how far Euthyphro will go to rationalize his behavior even when his argument travels outside the line
of logic and rationality. Socrates cannot allow him to get away with such half-baked reasoning when he knows it is conspicuously absent of any solid rational or logical foundation.
Each of Euthyphros three attempts is guilty of its own shortcoming, and Socrates wastes no time in pointing them out with great consternation. Firstly, Socrates cares not how
pious Euthyphro has been, explaining how the number of pious acts has absolutely no bearing on his qualifications to prosecute his own father; instead, his quest is to find out
which acts are truly pious and not just because Euthyphro says they are. Moreover, why would these pious acts have anything inherently associated with his qualifications to prosecute his
own father? How are they determined to be pious in the first place? Euthyphros second attempt is fraught with contradiction, while his third is a circular trap that
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