PHIL 240A: HANDOUT #10. THE GENERAL EUTHYPHRO QUESTION INCLUDES
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT #6 [35 POINTS] (DUE IN CLASS ON TUESDAY,
JULY 22) This assignment asks you to classify various moral
views according to the answer that they give to the General
Euthyphro Question. The General Euthyphro Question need not be
limited to moral theories. It can be asked of any individual or
community regarded as an authority on some subject. The non-
moral examples we used in class were mathematical truth and
truth about meaning. If we want to know whether Fermat's Last
Theorem is true, we look to see if there is a proof generally
accepted by mathematicians. We rely on the agreement of
mathematicians. But someone could ask a version of the General
Euthyphro Question concerning Fermat's Last Theorem. Let the
relevant authority A = the community of mathematicians; and let
S = Fermat's Last Theorem. GENERAL EUTHYPHRO QUESTION: For a
particular statement S and a relevant authority A: Is S true [or
appropriate] because the relevant auth