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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: thames_sider who wrote (32294)10/12/2001 9:19:02 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
If, 1000 years from now, the earth is ruled and populated by Islamic fundamentalists, what will the 'objective' view be then? Who will say them nay?

Islamic fundamentalists have their differences too, and if they ruled some might still disagree even if silently but to remove those loopholes I change it to "what if everyone on the earth was a Islamic fundamentalist who thought any of the ways of the (extinct by that point) west where horrible evil that had to be stamped out at any cost.

An person who believe in objective morality might just say that then you would have a world where everyone was wrong. If something is truly objectively true, it doesn't require anyone to believe in it for it to be true. Of course if no one believe in it the idea will not be of much practical consequence, but that's a separate issue.

Tim
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