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

To: one_less who wrote (71019)	7/28/2003 12:17:27 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"That is your buggaboo but was not part of my argument." It is not a "bugaboo". It is a simple statement of fact. "As I said, you attached the word "Absolute" to your "moral" idea time and time again. As I have told you time and time again, the use of the word "Absolute" in meta-ethics refers to an Absolute ground which by definition exists apart from subjective human nature. Therefore, by using "Absolute" you were arguing that the ORIGIN was extrahuman. Now, I don't care if you knew it at the time. You DEFINITELY have been informed of this over and over again. I have never ever ever ever ever misrepresented anything you have said. I have asked you (if, as you claim, you do not speak of a supernatural origin to moral principles) to desist from the disingenuous use of the word "Absolute", and to confine your argument to whatever it is you are arguing. And I certainly don't know what that is, btw. But if you were not discussing the origin of moral principles then you were certainly not discussing Absolute moral values with me." There are no "bugaboos", Jewels. There is simply a desire, on my part, to clarify arguments which are poorly presented or misleading. "You choose to define my argument for me (misrepresent) and argue against your misrepresentations, rather than what I have presented for argument." I explained the matter rather thoroughly here: Message 19148975 This grandstanding on how misunderstood you are is becoming a bit tedious.