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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (27902)	7/5/2012 10:29:49 PM
From: Solon	Respond to of 69300

"Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hopes of reward after death." He could invent something really special, such as flying people with wonderful (and scientifically impossible) wings! But I guess that would not improve his character defects... One wonders where or if they would draw any lines ? If their morality is based strictly on obedience, it is such a capricious and thin thread. A civilized society cannot remain civilised without a morality relying heavily on sympathy, education, and social ties.