1. Reread from 12e-14a and 14e of Euthyphro. What is the definition of piety being proposed? Why does Socrates think it fails? Apply this same argument to a contemporary monotheistic context. Does the same argument apply? Why or why not.
2. The greatest good for a man is to discuss virtue every day and those other things about which you hear me conversing and testing myself and others, for the unexamined life is not worth living [. . .] (para 38). Mill: “It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.” What do these quotes mean? Why would enlightenment (Kant) (constantly seeking the truth), seeking truth (Socrates) or doing philosophy (Lou) lead to dissatisfaction? Is a life of blissful ignorance better? Is ignorance bliss? Would you be willing to trade your knowledge for happiness? Would you be willing to give up being a human to be a dog if you were guaranteed to be happy all the time?
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