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To: Dayuhan who wrote (17448)	6/27/2001 9:52:10 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Government is the average of all the moral codes out there. It is what a majority of the people are willing to accept as the lower bar of behavior. Most of us act considerably better than we are required to act by the law. Which makes life pleasant. Would you agree with that Steven?

To: Dayuhan who wrote (17448)	6/28/2001 12:14:50 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"I don't know." Yes, I know you don't know. Thank you for your candor and honesty.

To: Dayuhan who wrote (17448)	6/28/2001 11:29:51 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82486

I don't know. I think it would have been wrong, but that has nothing to do with morality. It's just my opinion. Unlike some others, I have no need or desire to believe that my opinion reflects some abstract "right". I would have thought that your morality was defined as your sense of right and wrong. I don't think morality has to reflect any abstract right or wrong. But presumably you have some principles or beliefs which you consult, consciously or otherwise, to say something would be right or wrong. How is that different from your morality? Or do you just flip a coin?