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Re: Did animals have rights before we invented rights?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 9 Jul 2001 15:34:18 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Duane Hess writes:
> > > >
> > > > (arguably I'd even lump moral and immoral together for the purposes of
> > > > partitioning and go down to two classes. There are things that morality is
> > > > relevant to, and things that it isn't. There are no other possibilities)
> > >
> > > I can go with that. Moral and immoral both imply that the relevant thing has
> > > morals, accepted morals or morals which go against custom. Either way, it's
> > > still a moral. Whether it's moral or immoral is a matter of perception.
> > > Amoral on the other hand means that the relevant object has no morals
> > > what-so-ever.
> >
> > Interestingly, my thesaurus give these replacements for “amoral”.
> >
> > Unprincipled
> > Unethical
> > Dishonourable
> > Unscrupulous
> > *Immoral*
> >
> > Scott A
> >
> >
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> Funny, my dictionary here at work (The American Heritage 3rd edition) gives
> this definition: Neither moral nor immoral
I do not speak American English. ;)
>
> Try dictionary.com and see what you come up with. (or should I do the
> legwork for you?)
I think Larry did that last week did he not? Look here:
http://news.lugnet.com/off-topic/debate/?n=11397
If you read it, you will see it was actually in a reply to YOU. It is a few
messages above this one. Next time, take the time to think before you
disagree with me.
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> Tell you what, I'll mail you my dictionary if you'll mail me your thesaurus
> and we can compare.
There is no need. I have some trust in your ability to read.
Scott A
> Then we can debate what the "true" definition of "is" is
> while we're at it. When we've figured that out, we can send our results to
> Bill Clinton.
>
> -Duane
> I think my can of "Troll-be-Gone" just went empty.
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