Question

According to the dilemma Socrates confronts Euthyphro with: A) If God commands right actions because they are right, then we don't need God to ground morality because morality is independent of God. If right actions are right because God commands them, then morality would have a true and objective basis since they come from God's will. B) If God commands right actions because they are right, then God is necessary to ground moral values. If right actions are right because they are commanded by God, then their arbitrariness would render them meaningless and empty of intrinsic content. OC) If right actions are right because they are commanded by God, then their arbitrariness would render them meaningless and empty of intrinsic content. If God commands right actions because they are right, then we don't need God to ground morality because morality is independent of God. OD) If right actions are right because they are commanded by God, then their grounding in God would guarantee their objective foundation. If God commands right actions because they are right, then morality would have a true and objective basis, since they are commanded because they are right. OE) If right actions are right because God commands them, then morality would have a true and objective basis since they come from God's will. If God commands right actions because they are right, then their independence from God would render them arbitrary and empty of intrinsic content.

Answer 1

According to the Dilemma Socrates confronts Euthyphro with:

Option (c) If right actions are right because they are commanded by God then their arbitrariness would render them meaningless and empty of intrinsic content. If God commands right action because they are right then we don't need God to ground morality because morality is independent of God.

Explanation: For socrates, the view that we can do anything to benefit God is Impious, or atleast insulting to God. With socrates puzzling statement he claims that "there is no greater blessings" than provoking people to self - examination. For Socrates reverence, rituals, faithfulness to sacred texts are all at best a means to strenghten us in our resolve to conflict our fellow humans.

For socrates those who beleive in God and help their fellows and those who do not beleive in God and help their fellow are those who please God. God doesn't care whether we beleive in God unless that belief make us more loving to our neighbors.