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Re: Frog
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Tue, 9 Feb 1999 14:37:37 GMT
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John Neal wrote:
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> I agree with Jesse here. Why are you so reluctant to acknowledge the
> possibility of absolutes?
Why are you and Jesse sure that there are?
I don't know. I'm not sure that there are absolutes, though the
argument for in-group "murder" being inherently bad being embedded in
the human psyche is strong, so is the argument for all such things being
learned. They feel learned. When I was a late teen I realized that
everything I had been taught about society and honor and the like were
just someone else's opinion and I forged (and continue to do so) a new
set of beliefs. (e.g. I don't think it's wrong to kill someone who has
(or is planning to) victimized you sufficiently, but I am thinking that
it's wrong to have organized capital punishment. But, I'm still working
on this because capital punishment makes so much damn sense as a waste
removal system.)
--
Sincerely,
Christopher L. Weeks
central Missouri, USA
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| I agree with Jesse here. Why are you so reluctant to acknowledge the possibility of absolutes? (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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