Piety

Euthyphro display his indeterminateness over and over when he gives his definition of what is piety. His first definition is “What I am doing now, to proceed against whoever does injustice regarding murder or theft of scard things… in turn castrated his own father because of such thing … I proceed against my father when he done injustice” (Plato…

said, or done. Euthyphro, a man prosecuting his own father, explains to Socrates what piety and impiety is by describing piety as something the Gods like being done and impiety as something the Gods would not like, and those who commit acts against religion and the Gods are persecuted as impious. He also suggests that what is pious is what is agreed upon by the Gods. Socrates denies Euthyphro’s claim of what piety and impiety is due to the lack of clarification and definition provided. Socrates…

The Facade of Piety The Church, perpetrator of religious persecution and intolerance of differing opinions of belief, this is the Church that Voltaire knew in his time. Often making satires of the Church through his various works with one of the most notable being Candide. Candide shows the various negative aspects of the Church with their traditional leaders being corrupt and immoral. These men tainted the Church and abuse their power; Voltaire grouped them into individuals that act the exact…

Book review: Mahmood, Saba (2005) Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Politics of Piety is about the formation of Islamic female subjects in Cairo, Egypt. In this monograph, Saba Mahmood follows the lives of participants of a female mosque movement. Her informants attend weekly prayers and religious lessons at local mosques in a conscious effort at religious furtherance. The mosque movement emerged in recent decades as part of…

proper behavior (propriety) as well as “filial piety” all play an important role in the making of a virtuous man. Why is all of this so important in Confucius’s understanding of a good society? Filial piety is a child’s reverence for and commitment to his or her parents and by extension to all superiors, especially one’s elders. The cultivation of filial piety in all members of society is a key to a happy, peaceful, well-run society, for through filial piety children learn propriety and virtue.…

defending himself even with paying the price of him own life. What is piety? One of the argument from Euthyphro is that what is piety and impiety to the gods. One of the definition that article provides is that piety is what dears to god and impiety is not dear to gods. In “Euthyphro” Euthyphro is accusing his father of murder the “murderers” and Socrates think that Euthyphro is being “not piety” based on one of the definition of piety- “family loyalty”. I don’t…

Ching predicts that there will a flood that year, and when he told that to Wang Lung, Wang Lung started to speak ill about the gods. This continuously occurred and Ching did not say a word, so when the flood came Ching would have blamed it on Wang Lung for talking ill about the gods. Also when Ching asks Wang Lung to stop talking ill about the god, and that they will punish him one day for what he was saying, Wang LUng did not care. This not only shows that he's a rich arrogant man who does not…

unsuccessful scholar one day has some delusions about his less satisfying life. These self-oriented imaginations offer him an opportunity to comfort his earlier unhappiness in reality. The name of the scholar Zhu is Xiaolian, which refers to filial piety and incorruptness, reminding the obligations he needs to undertake in the society all the time. However, as a second-degree graduate, a poor scholar, he has neither power nor money to contribute. Staying in the moment and imaging an encountering…

“Check the Powerball number. If we hit the jackpot, we’ll fly to Vietnam immediately.” These words were said as she handed her eldest daughter a lottery ticket and her cellphone. Every time, just before checking to see if she has won the jackpot, she repeats this sentence like a mantra. She misses her home, the place that has made her who she is today. When asked, “What would you do if you won the lottery”, most people would say they would buy a new car, a mansion, or even a yacht. Loan…

and if children can retain at least one or two of these principles then they are better off for it. These values will stay with us, influence the decisions we make, and leave a lasting impact on our lives. In Korea, the Confucian principle of filial piety, a fundamental value dictating that one must respect one's parents, is a keystone to their culture and domestic life. All good families share the same qualities of hope, compassion, and reason because they have learned these principles from…