Piety, Philosophical Problems

"Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?"(Euthyphro, 10a) Socrates asks Euthyphro this question trying to find out whether or not Euthyphro possesses the meaning of piety. Through the Socratic method, Socrates attempts to show the difference between divine command theory and independent morals. The first part of Socrates question to Euthyphro, "Is the pious loved by the gods because …showed first 75 words of 549 total…

…showed last 75 words of 549 total…thinks is proper and pious leading to different actions taken by people. Euthyphro was unable to satisfy Socrates. Socrates made Euthyphro contradicts himself many times and proved to Socrates that he really didn't know the answer to his question. Socrates method of asking question after question proves to many that they don't have the knowledge they think they possess and also proved that both Euthyphro and Socrates both weren't sure of the question of piety.