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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (70797)	7/18/2003 4:36:44 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"Well, it seems to me, then, that you have no way of knowing what these absolute moral principles other than your interpretation, which is circumstantial." My argument is that the moral absolutes are knowable and exist in ideal form and the goodness or badness of them are not subject to opinion or circumstance. The application of a moral absolute to experience is subject to opinion on the basis of circumstance and one's point of view. Even solon is in agreement that there is absolute morality. He is now calling it "moral truisms". Justice is good, malfeasance is bad, etc. are simple moral truisms that exist regardless of culture, time, and place. His example is to say "just is good" is equal to saying "just is just." I agree that any sensible human being is able to recognise the validity of moral ideals.