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Re: Goodness of Man? (was: Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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Sun, 2 Jan 2000 07:35:06 GMT
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John DiRienzo wrote:
> Jasper Janssen wrote in message <387ab92e.833168838@lugnet.com>...
> > On Fri, 31 Dec 1999 07:03:32 GMT, John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net>
> > wrote:
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> > > I like a more objective definition because I hate the trend towards • relativism I
> > > think we are experiencing these days. If a sociopath considers killing • others
> > > good, is it? But if good is objective, from who's perspective? God, who • is by
> > > definition, perfect, and therefore the perfect judge of good and evil. • Discerning
> > > God's perspective of good is another question, but at least the search for • good
> > > extends beyond our mortal and imperfect selves.
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> > Good isn't objective. What we, society as a whole, consider to be
> > "good" is both up for debate in certain areas (I'm specifically _not_
> > going to mention ab*rti*n here), and it is no more valid than the
> > ideas of other societies, other than possibly by virtue of having
> > survived longer (and objective moralists aren't generally too keen on
> > defining objective good in terms of Darwinism - are you?).
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> I think you are just plain wrong. Some societies flourish while others
> perish because they have a better grasp of the true nature of good (which I
> hold is best viewed objectively). I will leave Darwin out of it.
Until we have a planetary wide homogeneous society, Good Societies will ALMOST
NEVER flourish longterm over bad, as history has proven. They may last a while,
but sooner or later a "bad" society (more warlike) stomps on them.
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| Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp
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