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Re: 22/7 & infinities (was: Re: The nature of the JC god, good or evil?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 25 Aug 1999 12:49:14 GMT
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lpieniazek@novera.NOSPAMcom
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Todd Lehman wrote:
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> writes:
> > [...]
> > Most animals don't have moral codes. Their faculties are not up to it. A
> > wolf about to tear the throat of a rabbit out is not making a moral
> > judgement, it is merely trying to live. So animals are amoral. That's
> > not good, not bad, that's just where they are on the evolutionary
> > ladder.
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> > <maybe some animals do... I will not go down that road, though, it's a
> > false refutatory>
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> IMHO, it's difficult not to conclude that bonobo apes probably have the
> mental faculties for moral codes.
So stipulated. I did use both "Most" and "maybe" in my post. Doesn't
dilute the argument...
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