PREVIEW-Episode 46: Plato on Ethics & Religion
Summary: Discussing Plato's "Euthyphro."<br> This is a 30-minute preview of our vintage 1 hr, 52-minute episode which you can buy at <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/product/ep46-plato-euthyphro/" target="_blank">partiallyexaminedlife.com/store</a> or <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2011/11/16/ep46-plato-euthyphro-citizen/" target="_blank">get it for free</a> with PEL Citizenship (see <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/membership" target="_blank">partiallyexaminedlife.com/membership</a>). You can also purchase the full episode in the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/episode-46-plato-on-ethics/id1044869774" target="_blank">iTunes Store</a>: Search for "Partially Plato Ethics" and look under "Albums."<br> Does morality have to be based on religion? Are good things good just because God says so, or (if there is a God) does God choose to approve of the things He does because he recognizes those things to be already good? Plato thinks the latter: if morality is to be truly non-arbitrary, then, like the laws of logic, it can't just be a contingent matter of what the gods happen to approve of (i.e. what some particular religious text happens to say).<br> We're joined by <a href="http://ancphil.lsa.umich.edu/people/faculty/evans/" target="_blank">Matt Evans</a>, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan to discuss the text, which seems to be not as directly related to modern debates regarding the Divine Command Theory as we thought going into this. Ah, well. We cover all the angles and Seth spends the last bit going on about Judaism. Oy!<br> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0872206335/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0872206335&linkCode=as2&tag=theparexalif-20&linkId=66VM5EDZHBRWZIIA" target="_blank">Buy the book</a> or <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1642" target="_blank">read it online</a>. <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2011/10/25/topic-for-46-platos-euthyphro/" target="_blank">Read more about the topic.</a><br> End song: "False Morality" by <a href="http://www.marklint.com/maytrick.html" target="_blank">The MayTricks</a>, from the album Happy Songs Will Bring You Down (1994) <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2011/11/10/partially-naked-self-examination-music-blog-false-morality/" target="_blank">Read about it</a>.<br> The suggested donation if you like this episode is $1. Donate via the button and you'll get a free download of a high-bitrate mp3 of this episode's song. After paying on the PayPal site, click the yellow "Return to the Partially Examined Life" box there, and you'll be sent to a page with the download link. If this doesn't happen, please <a href="mailto:%20mark@marklint.com">email me</a>.<br> <br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br>
