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Politics : Should God be replaced?

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To: Greg or e who wrote (1808)	10/18/2000 1:48:38 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) of 28931

there is just no way to stand up and say that anything is absolutely wrong, when you and I both know that some things are. Nope, if we see it is wrong, we should stand up and say so. My philosophy can't allow harm because of the Golden Rule (compassion and empathy). The philosophical limitation only limits the universality of proofs. I can demonstrate that societies full of compassion are a lot better to live in than societies that don't have compassion. The lower down the food chain you express compassion, the better it is for people. That's empirical data, not proof. I don't need proof to believe it because the preponderance of data simply makes it more likely. You are mistaken. As long as you can demonstrate good acts and the rejection of harmful ones, that is good enough for me. Just because I can't prove that I'm right, doesn't mean that we can't agree to prohibit inconvenient or immoral things. That is the social contract. We have to realize that what is immoral today may change. As long as we agree no problem. I don't think there are a lot of countries where proven harm to others is tolerated as a rule. Gray cases always have to be negotiated.

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