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


To: epicure who wrote (72536)8/18/2003 10:26:43 AM
From: Lane3  Respond to of 82486
 
I guess you could say I was outcome oriented, but only in a very convoluted way.

Well, yeah. Opponents of anything always exaggerate and charicature. Hard to tell if this guy really believe that right is defined by relativists by how many people it makes how happy or whether he's just trying to simplify his point or sell a book.

I should present that example of the dying mother to Jewel. I made up the example without thinking of him but it seems tailor made for him. He's an advocate of moral absolutes and we know that he puts very high value on both telling the truth and kindness. Wonder what he would say to the mother. Jewel?