The theory of objective morality has it’s roots in Greece, it is the idea that an action is morally permissible only if a deity orders it, and an action is morally wrong only if a deity prohibits it. This means that God has established objective moral grounding for life that we must follow, this concept is known as divine command theory .In one of Plato’s dialogue, Socrates proposes a important question to Euthyphro regarding this theory, which has become known as the Euthyphro dilemma:
The Two Horns of the Dilemma:
1: If something is considered good only because the gods command it; means that moral values are based solely on the gods’ decisions. Depending on the gods’ decisions, anything can be labeled as good or bad, making ethics appear arbitrary and unpredictable.
Some counter this argument arguing that god only orders something only if it is inherently good. Socrates thought the same hence he proposed the second horn:
2: If the gods command something because it is inherently good, doesn’t this means there is an objective standard of goodness that is independent of the gods? The gods recognize and follow this standard, indicating that ethics exist separately from divine authority
