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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: cosmicforce who wrote (5836)2/14/2001 4:23:54 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
Here is what I said:

[consider] rights like liberty and life self-evident Self-evident to whom? Do chimps have rights to liberty and life? They probably think so, but we don't. Yet another example of relativism. I'm not sure why people think if you are a relativist that QED, that proves you are amoral. You just understand that your personal morality is highly localized. It makes it hard to crusade unless you find that lots of others share your view.

I was replying specifically to "They probably think so". I stated my opinion that they don't think so. I call it a matter of fact because it is a matter of fact. I may be wrong about my opinion of the facts in this case (and apparently you think I am wrong) but either Chimps have philisophical thoughts or they don't. It is not itself a question of abstract philosophy.

Tim
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