Socrates meets Euthyphro at the Courthouse and strikes up a conversation with him as to why he is there. Euthyphro says he is prosecuting someone for a crime. He reports that he has thought long and hard about whether he is doing the right thing reporting this person for the crime he has committed and he knows he is doing the right thing. This leads to discussion on the virtue of 'piety' (the virtue of doing what is pleasing to God/the gods) and its nature. Do you think that Euthyphro is making the right moral choice in his actions?

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Socrates meets Euthyphro at the Courthouse and strikes up a conversation with him as to why he is there. Euthyphro says he is prosecuting someone for a crime. He reports that he has thought long and hard about whether he is doing the right thing reporting this person for the crime he has committed and he knows he is doing the right thing. This leads to discussion on the virtue of 'piety' (the virtue of doing what is pleasing to God/the gods) and its nature.

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