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To: nihil who wrote (74661)	2/19/2000 10:40:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

>>If you can find the on-off switch to "natural law" that permits masses of people to do things that conflict with all of their religious and moral histories, you will make a real contribution.<< Excellent point. The Germans were, and are, a very ethical, moral, religious culture. The greatest composers were Germans ~ Bach and Beethoven. Many of the greatest scientists were German ~ Leibnitz, Erlich, Werner von Braun. Some of the greatest painters were German ~ Albrecht Durer. Some of the greatest philosophers were German ~ Nietzche, Kant. German engineering is legendary ~ Nicholas Otto, Rudolph Diesel. In many ways, Germany is one of the finest flowers of Western civilization. So how to explain? It is the very efficiency and scientific inventiveness that made the enormity of the Final Solution possible, in fact. We can say about the Russians, oh, the Russians never have amounted to much. And about the Serbians and Bosnians, they've been killing each other for hundreds of years. But the Germans, that gives us pause. And what about the Japanese?

To: nihil who wrote (74661)	2/20/2000 10:56:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

Natural law theory takes for granted that there is a conflict of motivations in many instances,which is why society seeks to buttress certain behaviors. There would be no stern prohibition against adultery if people were never tempted. The very fact that certain behaviors are widely disapproved of even while widely indulged in is taken by those who believe in conscience as evidence, since the disapproval and guilt are "against interest". In any event, the most current contemporary form of the theory would take a Kantian stance, and invoke free-will as a rational belief, or, if you will, postulate, essential to the understanding of morality. In this view, there are those who might vindicate a claim to be insane, or to have diminished capacity, but normally one assumes that there is responsibility, not necessarily for each action (since there are habitual vices and virtues), but for one's overall moral disposition, and thus, ultimately, for one's choices.......

To: nihil who wrote (74661)	2/23/2000 9:23:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 108807

Just another personal insult and ad personem attack from someone with the emotional intelligence of a teenager. Nihil, as I have said to you before. I will post anything I desire on these boards inside the rules of SI. Your repeated attempts at censorship are infantile. So get a grip. All you have to do is press "next" when you see my name if it bothers you that much. Another option is to join Jeykle (or was that Hyde we saw today), and put me on ignore. The choice is yours. I am really sorry if you can't handle reading the thoughts of someone who disagree's with you about so many things. And I am also sorry you're unable to come up with any thoughtful concepts which refute what I have said. Disagreement is the hallmark of a free society. It's called free speech! Perhaps you've heard of it? If you have a counter point to make regarding my post, please make it. I welcome it. Michael