{"product_id":"euthyphro","title":"Euthyphro","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes divine approval make something good, or do the gods approve it because it is already good?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the porch of the King Archon in Athens, two men meet over troubling cases. Socrates faces a charge of impiety brought by Meletus. Euthyphro, a confident religious expert, has come to prosecute his own father for a death. In Plato’s short dialogue, their encounter turns a legal setting into a searching conversation about what it means to be holy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEuthyphro believes he knows what piety is. Socrates asks him to explain, then tests each answer with another question. Are examples enough to define an idea? Can the gods’ approval settle what is right? As certainty meets scrutiny, the conversation draws you into questions about justice, religious authority, and the reasons behind your own moral judgments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA startling family case\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a son whose decision to prosecute his father puts his religious certainty under scrutiny.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuestions that test certainty\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Socrates as he probes familiar claims and asks what a sound definition requires.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe puzzle of divine approval\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider whether goodness depends on what the gods love, or stands apart from their approval.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePiety, justice, and service\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore how duties toward the gods might fit within a wider account of justice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAn invitation to think\u003c\/strong\u003e – Find a first taste of ethical reasoning that asks you to examine rather than simply accept.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for newcomers to Socratic questioning and anyone wondering whether right and wrong depend on God or something deeper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and let Socrates’ questions put your own certainties to the test.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":58289340416348,"sku":"LOA-C1088-EB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook — Coming soon","offer_id":58289340449116,"sku":"LOA-C1088-AU","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":58289340481884,"sku":"LOA-C1088-PB","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":58289340514652,"sku":"LOA-C1088-HC","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/loa-top-01088-en_66885fec-8ed7-43b6-8e09-b9cb0ead3884.jpg?v=1792697438","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/it\/products\/euthyphro","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}