When Socrates and Euthyphro are talking about how acts become pious or holy, they are talking about issues in ______________. 

Ethical nihilism (or Moral Nihilism) is the view that morality is a fiction and that there are no existing valid moral principles. It also holds that moral properties such as good and evil or right and wrong have never appeared at any time in the history of the universe. 

Modern version of the “Euthyphro Dilemma” applied to Classical Theism (the God of Abraham) and morality.  Are acts good/right becase God commands them to be so, or does God command them because the acts are good/right?   The problem with the former horn of the dilemma is this:

The purpose of the “carrying or being carried argument” is to show that some things have their _______________ by themselves (regardless of the actions of others), and other things aquire properties by the actions of an external agent (person).   In this case, something becomes a thing with the property of “being carried” because of the choice of a person who picks up the object and carries it.   This is in contrast to the mass or weight of the object.  This latter property is independent of the actions of external agents.

Dallas Willard argues that a good test to see if we are truly concerned about discovering truth is to ask, ________________?

The purpose of the “carrying or being carried argument” is to show that some things have their properties by themselves (regardless of the actions of others), and other things aquire properties by the actions of an ____________________ (person).   In this case, something becomes a thing with the property of “being carried” because of the choice of a person who picks up the object and carries it.   This is in contrast to the mass or weight of the object.  This latter property is independent of the actions of an _____________________.

Augustine said, “Our hearts are restless until they rest in ____________”

Which prominent worldview in American society says that there are no universal truths (everything is relative) in ethics, science, history, religion, etc.  and everything people vote for, and believe and say is not a result of philosophical reflection and careful reasoning, but the result of non-rational forces like skin color, economic status (rich or poor), parental influence, cultural influences, sexual orientation, etc.?  

John Stuart Mill:  On Liberty – Chapter 2 (pp. 26 – 29) φ The purpose of John Stuart Mill’s contrasting of the early Christians (who were ready to die for their belief that they saw a resurrected Jesus) and modern (19th Century) Christians (who give lip service to following Jesus, but are not willing to die for Jesus) is that Christians have stopped questioning the truth of the central claims of Christianity.  Modern Christians have become complacent and they have ceased studying arguments against their own views.  Therefore, Christians today do not possess the good reasons that early Christians had for giving their lives for what they knew to be true.  

PROBLEM OF EVIL FOR NATURALIST (scientific atheist) vs. PROBLEM OF EVIL FOR THEIST: . William Lane Craig argues that evil is more at home in the worldview of Personal Theism than Philosophical Naturalism (scientific atheism).  So, even if the problem of evil is a problem, the atheistic worldview of philosophical naturalism is still not plausible.  The following is NOT a way to argue that evil makes more sense on the worldview of personal theism rather than philosophical naturalism: