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To: Solon who wrote (15377)	6/24/2002 3:49:23 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) of 21057

That is a point of view, of course. If there is an objective moral order, one cannot make it up as one goes along, and one has to begin with the basic facts of human life. Take it as a working hypothesis, not ratifying every detail of social life, but serving as a basis to critique social life. What is the advantage of such an assumption? Well, it means that there is something to tether our fancy as we consider what rules man should live by, or what table of values should be subscribed. It means that we have something to discuss when in conflict over moral ideas, rather than having no recourse but violence to resolve things. It means that we have to seek some coherence in our moral notions, rather than being totally whimsical and self- serving. It means that moral progress is a real possibility, as we critique current practices and bring them more into conformity with the result of moral reflection. It means that we do not have to choose between the fanaticism which made the Nazis a force to be reckoned with, or the lassitude which made the West allow them to become formidable through appeasement: we can be firm and energetic in our convictions, without being mystical and fanatic..........

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