Interest rate hikes will fix inflation faster than cutting business costs.

Daily Debate #566: "Interest rate hikes will fix inflation faster than cutting business costs.". You are arguing FOR the motion. Your opponent: Marcus Aurelius.

is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods

You've wandered into Euthyphro's trap, friend. The gods don't make things pious by loving them—piety is a standard that exists independent of divine opinion. Otherwise virtue is merely appetite dressed in robes. What binds you to goodness if not reason itself?