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God and morality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2009

Derrick Farnell
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Abstract

Is morality laid down by God? Many think there is a fatal objection to this view, an objection rooted in Plato's famous Euthyphro dilemma. Derrick Farnell explains why he is not convinced by the objection.

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Research Article
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Think , Volume 4 , Issue 10 , Summer 2005 , pp. 43 - 52
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2005

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1 Westacott, Emrys, ‘The contemporary relevance of Socrates' Question to Euthyphro’, Think, issue 5 (2003).Google Scholar

2 Honderich, Ted (editor), The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), p. 253.Google Scholar

3 From Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/ search?r=2&q=arbitrary (viewed 2/11/2004)