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Plato’s Euthyphros Dilemma

Plato came up with two ways in which morality and religion can be linked, but there are problems with these.

a) Anything God wills is good

Problem) God could will murder and acts that man is against and they could still be considered good since God has allowed/willed them to happen.

b) God only wills good things

Problem) Where does evil come from? Also, if God only wills good then he would be limited has good, he cannot be endless if he is only good, this would mean that he is anthropomorphic [limited] as he is not endless and does not have all the possible attributes.

How would you as a Sikh respond to this?

<blockquote data-quote="CaramelChocolate" data-source="post: 11112" data-attributes="member: 228">Plato’s Euthyphros Dilemma&nbsp;Plato came up with two ways in which morality and religion can be linked, but there are problems with these.&nbsp;a)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Anything God wills is goodProblem) God could will murder and acts that man is against and they could still be considered good since God has allowed/willed them to happen.&nbsp;b)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; God only wills good thingsProblem) Where does evil come from? Also, if God only wills good then he would be limited has good, he cannot be endless if he is only good, this would mean that he is anthropomorphic [limited] as he is not endless and does not have all the possible attributes.How would you as a Sikh respond to this?</blockquote>

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