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To: DMaA who wrote (40135)	12/3/2001 2:38:04 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 82486

"We hold this truth to be self-evident. Problem statement....who's truth? That is why the self-evident part is criticized. The implication is too universal and authoritative.

To: DMaA who wrote (40135)	12/3/2001 2:38:39 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

There would be several possibilities: Aristotle's starting point (man is a political and rational animal); Kant's Categorical Imperative (never treat another rational being merely as a means, but as an end also); the Social Contract (what we all implicitly agree to in forming society); utilitarianism (given that we are constructing democratic institutions, the greatest good for the greatest number); the "confessional relativist" (they may not be objectively validated, but they are the ideals that animate our culture); the pragmatist (given the assumption that we are looking for stability and improvement, promote what works); and possibly some others I have left out........