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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / d. God decrees morality

8004	In 'The Laws', to obey the law is to be obey god [Plato, by MacIntyre]
	Full Idea: The divine is important in 'The Laws' because it is identified with law; to be obedient before the law is to be obedient before god.
	From: report of Plato (The Laws [c.348 BCE]) by Alasdair MacIntyre - A Short History of Ethics Ch.6
	A reaction: Christian conservativism in a nutshell. Plato is rejecting his view in Euthyphro that piety (etc.) must precede the will of the gods. The obvious problem is bad laws, made by corrupt rulers.