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Originally posted by taxwonk
That's absurd. The notion of "The Good" existed long before the existence of the type of religious belief system you are talking about. The Greek gods didn't enforce a moral code, but clearly Plato sought to understand the nature of what is Good, among other topics.
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They may have discussed it but they never defined it. Talking about how acidic something is is ridiculous without a ph scale. Talking about how heavy or light something does not work with out some kind of measuring system. Same as talking about how illegal something is unless there is some code of penal system - misdemeaor, A felony, B felony etc. Saying something is really immoral, just immoral or not immoral at all is ridiculous without some sort of way to measure. Since Plato did not have a code, he just assumed it was insinctual. He also assumed that every one would agree on what is good and what is not. He assumed a code.
