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To: one_less who wrote (9695)	11/10/2010 5:46:08 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

"Regard for well-being and the corruption thereof". To you this constitutes a moral law. To me, and perhaps that shows my limitations ... it is vague to the point of being useless. I cannot assign discriminative or predictive value to that phrase, not least because I do not have working definitions for the terms. "Nope, it is clear and easy to assess." Not to me. I doubt that either of us is stupid or unsophisticated, but we simply are not communicating effectively. I take responsibility for my end of that, and I hope that an apology on my behalf will leaven the situation. cheers js

To: one_less who wrote (9695)	11/10/2010 9:08:50 PM
From: Solon	1 Recommendation Respond to of 69300

"A fella proclaims his charitable gift to help a large number of needy people in his community. On further investigation we find he intends to exploit his influence over these people as a cover to operate his human trafficking enterprise. The claim of charity (moral good) fails the test. His interests and conduct do not connote moral goodness, in spite of surface appearances. Similar tests can be applied to any claim of morality given enough exposure to relevant details." Morality involves what reasonably promotes health and safety. We do what is in our interest. Our interest includes family and friends--culture and society--it may include a great deal more...