Philosophy Essay

In On Liberty Mill writes, ““All that makes existence valuable to anyone depends upon the enforcement of restraints upon the actions of other people” (7).In the Euthyphro, Socrates asks, “Is the pious being loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is being loved by the gods” (Euthyphro lines 10-11)?

These statements and questions apparently represent two different ways of conceiving of moral value and its origin. Write an essay in which you carefully explain each of these views and suggest some ways in which they are similar and different. 

Then complete your essay by writing on  the following topic:

 Try to make some determination about what is more valuable in relation to happiness – individual liberty (whether or not you can do as you like) or virtue (what 

kind of person you are and character you have). Justify your response.