A long time ago Plato made Socrates pose this classic question in his Euthyphro dilemma, in a slightly different way. Socrates simply asks: Why is a thing pious or impious? Is it because the Divine endorses it or rejects it, or is it because the thing is pious or impious in itself and Divine has nothing to do with it? One wonders.
The Epstein files has simply scratched the surfaces of the neat outer facade of human beings and bared the rots that is held in its underbelly. Pursuit of material success and moral growth are often at variance with each other. It…