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To: nihil who wrote (27184)	9/24/1999 9:23:00 AM
From: mark silvers	Respond to of 39621

Nihil, What you are addressing is social and cultural conventions (masturbation, consumption of pork, etc). I said, in my post, that social skills are learned, and I believe those traits are part of social skills learned in order to fit into the conventions of local culture. Much of what is termed good and evil can actually fit into that constraint. IMO, if we want to discuss inherent good and evil, it is best to leave out everything other than the basics. the rest are of course learned, but it is hard to say what is good and evil in those circumstances since societies ideas of good and evil often change over time. <<You ought to learn that many children who are raised without close human contact are not able to love "naturally.>> If a child that is raised without human contact does not "show love" in any discernable way, it does not naturally follow that the particular child in question is unable to love naturally. it may mean that his natural abilities are muted through neglect. It may mean that the child shows loe in non tradititional methods. it could mean many things other than the child is unable to love naturally. Mark