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John Neal wrote in message <36BFA673.677B4B70@uswest.net>...
> I agree with Jesse here. Why are you so reluctant to acknowledge the
> possibility of absolutes?
For the same reason I'm reluctant to acknowledge the existance of Bright
pink elepahnts, They don't exist!
I don't deny knowledge of some absolutes, I'm pretty sure that 1+1=2 that's
an absolute truth.
but Absolute Morals? nah.... All morals are human constructs. There is no
physical law that says it's wrong to kill someone, that's just a guideline
we made up because in our society it helps things to function. There is a
background noise of morals that society in general believes in and each
person develops there own moral code under the influence of this. Some of
the noise is pretty loud (like the not killing people) and so most people
take that on board. some things are not so loud (such as eating cows)
Some people take it on and others ignore it. and in some cases individuals
develop there own little moral quirks that are not present in the rest of
society.
In the great fuzzy universe of human morals that differ between individuals
and shift and change over time how can you still insist that Absolutes
exist? What might SEEM like an absolute to you is just a guideline to
someone else.
Tim
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> > >
> > > Possibly, I guess my answer to that is simple, In questions of morality
> > > there is no absolute truth. We may have grown up in a society with • rules
> > so
> > > strict (such as not eating people) that the seem like absolutes but I • assure
> > > you they are not, Morals are defined purely by the society we live in, • they
> > > differ, they change and evolve.
> >
> > I think all societies have certain underlying morals that can be • considered
> > absolute given that all societies share them. Certain things have to be
> > wrong or the society would fall apart. Most important among them might • be
> > the prohibition against killing someone in your in group. Out group, • maybe,
> > but not in group. Running around killing people aimlessly has to be • wrong,
> > or the society that thinks it right would go extinct.
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