# Side comments on Euthyphro

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**Created:** [September 25, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/side-comments-on-euthyphro/11905 "2020-09-25T04:29:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/roy/32/3799_2.png) [@Roy](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Roy)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/side-comments-on-euthyphro/11905/133 "2020-09-30T16:45:17Z")

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> [@On Euthyphro](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/on-euthyphro/11879/103):
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> > [@On Euthyphro](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/on-euthyphro/11879/102):
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> > Wow. If you genuinely believe it is possible for things that are (in actuality) moral atrocities to be morally permissible, then obviously you have different moral intuitions than mine.
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> I understand your confusion. Allow me to explain. Let’s take, as an example, the moral proscription against rape. I have no hesitation in saying that rape is not morally permissable for us as humans.
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> However, suppose there are other intelligent life forms on another planet …

Why take that approach?

The simplest refutation of @structureoftruth’s argument is:

> Interlocutor 1: “do you think it is possible for (insert moral atrocity here) to be morally permissible?”  
> Interlocutor 2: “yes. It was morally permissible in (insert historical society here).”

This works for just about any atrocity you can imagine, including rape (of slaves) and genocide (cf the OT).

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