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To: The Philosopher who wrote (17852)	7/9/2001 11:26:43 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) of 82486

As I told Greg, when I said "we all agree", I was talking about those of us participating in the conversation. I should have made that clear. When we speak of cultural differences, we have to remember that what is done in one place often has consequences for those in other places. We also have to remember that despite cultural differences, there are things that we have in common. If we see a government killing and torturing its citizens, it is not unreasonable to conclude that the citizens think this behaviour undesirable, especially when they are fleeing in numbers to other countries. This kind of situation has undesirable consequences for everybody in the neighborhood. Whether these consequences are severe enough to warrant intervention is something that has to be decided on a case to case basis according to the relative criteria that apply. If I choose not to deal with someone whose behaviour is, by my standards, contemptible, does that mean I'm not a relativist? Possibly so, but I perhaps define relativism differently than some others, and I have not claimed to be a pure relativist.

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