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To: epicure who wrote (74968)	2/22/2000 5:02:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

You are an "absolute relativist," X. And how can you "prove" that absolute relativism (a.k.a. nihilism) is "true"? <g> The point that I, as a "pluralist," am trying to make is that there are all kinds of "truths" that cannot be proved scientifically, and that there are gradations of "truth" (from 100% on down). The assertion that the only "truths" are those that can be demonstrated in a laboratory, or that relate to verifiable simple fact (it is either true or not true that I am now sitting at the computer, for example) flies in the face of common sense and of our experience of life. It means, in essence, that we cannot make a value judgment about anything of importance to us personally. Oh, we can, but it will be essentially meaningless. Taken to its logical conclusion, absolute relativism would forbid us to lock up a serial killer, for example. We would have to say: well, by our standards, he is doing wrong, and ought to be stopped; but by his standards, he is doing "what comes naturally." So, who are we to judge?