Introducing Philosophy for Everyday Life

Descartes famously discovered that the one thing he could not doubt was his ability to think.

The Euthyphro dilemma is named after someone who is interrogated by Socrates in Plato’s dialogue of the same name. The problem Socrates confronts Euthyphro with is this: do the gods love what is good because it is good, or is it the fact that they love it that makes something good?

. A basic principle that underlies the approach I am taking in this book is that our beliefs shape our perceptions and our perceptions shape our actions.