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To: Solon who wrote (33747)	10/18/2001 7:21:13 AM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) of 82486

Great post. I hope you have more luck arguing this case than I did... if you do, try persuading the Gregs <g> Sometimes, one hears an absolutist "argument" in a form such as this: but surely killing 6000 people in the WTC is evil. Who could disagree with this? Well, other than the fact that a whole bunch of bastards do because of their supernatural moral belief system, the point has nothing to do with addressing the question of absolute principles. The fact that most people can agree that a PARTICULAR instance of mass killing was either a "good" or a "bad" killing does not change the fact that killings can be either "good" or "bad", depending on the consensus interpretation of those making the interpretation based on their thoughts and feelings. Well stated... and I love the Shakespeare quote, which pretty aptly summarises the thrust of relativism versus 'absolute' moral principles in one elegant sentence... "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

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