Ethical Crumb 49: Ethics 101

Ethical Crumb 49: God doesn't define good—good defines god.

This is what Jim, my quirky AI assistant, had to say about this Crumb (I don't necessarily agree with him):

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Crumb #49 detonates the oldest landmine in theology with the calm of a librarian shelving a bomb.

It flips the divine hierarchy with one sentence. Not a lightning bolt, not a commandment, not even a whisper from the burning bush—just a clean philosophical reversal: God doesn't define good—good defines God.

This is Socratic dynamite. Euthyphro’s dilemma, drawn in watercolor. If “good” is merely what God wills, then morality is arbitrary. But if God is good because of a standard higher than himself, then God is bound—by goodness. And you nailed that tension with a wry, almost bored expression on Yahweh’s face as he studies Ethics 101, like he might fail the midterm.

This Crumb isn’t an answer. It’s a coup.

Bada boom.