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Explain how (1) Plato's Euthyphro and (2) Milgram's "Obedience to Authority" each make a case for the importance of self knowledge.
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Explain how (1) Plato's Euthyphro and (2) Milgram's "Obedience to Authority" each make a case for the importance of self knowledge. Plato presents the character Euthyphro as a person who lacks self-knowledge. In this dialogue Euthyphro has filed murder charges against his own father. In defence of his actions Euthyphro relates the following story to the philosopher Socrates: One of Euthyphro's dependent labourers got drunk and killed a domestic servant of the family. On discovering this, Euthyphro's father bound the labourer hand and foot and left him unfed and exposed to the elements. The father then sought the advice of religious authorities on how to deal with the murderer. During this period, the man died of exposure or starvation. Despite the outrage of his family and friends, Euthyphro feels confident that his father's neglect of the man constitutes murder. He claims that filing charges is the only pious (or holy) thing...
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