real life wrote:My position is consistent.
On what precisely do you claim your position is consistent on? By what logic do you maintain that even if your position is presumably consistent that infers in any sense you must be correct?
real life wrote:The relativist's position is inconsistent and illogical.
What exactly is this relativist's position you refer to? Where are all these so-called relativists you speak of that adhere to your claims? What evidence do you have that your claim is the position I maintain?
real life wrote:A relativist will state that there is no 'right' and 'wrong'.
What precisely is your definition of "right"?
What precisely is your definition of "wrong"?
What evidence do you have that your claim is the position I maintain?
real life wrote:But then the relativist will turn on a dime to accuse an absolutist of 'doing wrong' and tell him what a 'bad person' he is if the absolutist attempts to live and speak according to his own view.
Where are all these so-called relativists you speak of that adhere to your claims? What evidence do you have that your claim is the position I maintain?
real life wrote:The relativist will chide him that the only 'right' thing to do is to be a relativist. Any other position, he says, is 'bad'; it's 'just wrong' doncha know.
Where are all these so-called relativists you speak of that adhere to your claims? What evidence do you have that your claim is the position I maintain?
real life wrote:An honest relativist is, at best, confused.
Where are all these so-called relativists you speak of that adhere to your claims? What evidence do you have that your claim is the position I maintain?
real life wrote:He must mentally accept contradictory views of morality as all equally valid and must never indicate that ANYthing is really 'wrong.'
Not terrorism.
Not cannibalism.
Not torture.
Not mass murder.
'It's all just a difference of opinion, that's all,' he says.
Where are all these so-called relativists you speak of that adhere to your claims? What evidence do you have that your claim is the position I maintain?
Why did you not answer the first question I asked....."How does a moral absolutist justify telling anyone they are wrong about anything?"
Do you feel you do not need to answer the first question I asked....."How does a moral absolutist justify telling anyone they are wrong about anything?"
Can you answer the first question I asked....."How does a moral absolutist justify telling anyone they are wrong about anything?"
Will you answer the first question I asked....."How does a moral absolutist justify telling anyone they are wrong about anything?"
When will you answer the first question I asked....."How does a moral absolutist justify telling anyone they are wrong about anything?"
I won't be ?'round for a bit due to my belief in the moral absolutism of Valentine's Day; in the meantime, in addition to my above questions please let me know your moral absolutist position on feeding my dog less Milk-Bones to stop her farting. Is this a morally good thing or a morally bad thing, and why? On what absolute basis did you make this moral dog fart assessment?
