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To: nihil who wrote (74800)	2/21/2000 8:54:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) of 108807

There is a general duty to conform the positive law to the natural law as much as circumstances permit. Actually making morality efficacious is doubtless a messy business, since moral opinions do differ, and conflicting interests vitiate adherence to right. I have a conflict over John Brown, personally, since I sympathize with the exasperation which drove him to violence, but also think that he was taking too much upon himself in challenging the Rule of Law. Had he been treated with clemency by the Federal Government, it is doubtless that the Civil War would have occurred sooner, and there was still some hope of resolving things without a general conflagration. On the other hand, I would have hated to have signed the order of execution..... Believing that there is a rational framework for discussing morality does not at all cure moral ambiguity in many situations. In fact, I would assert that thinking that there is a standard to conform to makes one more hesitant to act in immoderate ways. It is the relativist, who need not justify anything, because all is a matter of taste, who is more likely to do whatever he pleases......

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