The Euthyphro Dilemma

A servant of Euthyphro’s house has murdered a slave. Euthyphro’s father punished the servant by gravely wounding him and casting him into the gutter. Euthyphro’s father left the servant there, and asked the gods what to do next, but before the gods could respond, the servant died of his wounds. Euthyphro, believes that the gods would desire for his father to be prosecuted by Athenian law, while his family argues father’s actions were just, and require no punishment.