Euthyphro
 

Due Date	Background	Answer these Questions	Eye Openers
Friday, 9/14/2001 (Although you should be working on this as you read the text and modifying it in light of lecture and class discussion.  This will be the pattern for all reflection papers.)	Consider these questions as you read: Why is this written as a dialogue? What sort of person does Socrates seem to be in this dialouge? What is the point of this dialogue?	Explain the distinction Socrates makes at 10, concerning whether piety is loved by the gods because it is pious or pious because it is loved by the gods. Why do you think the dialogue ends the way it does, with Euthyphro rushing off without answering the question. Does Socrates know the answers to the questions he poses?  What is the purpose of the discussion, from Socrates' point of view?	Try to identify instances of the famed "Socratic Irony". Notice the role of "care" in the dialogue, particularly in Socrates statements and questions.
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