Sat 17 Feb, 2007 02:38 am - Yes, "we" meaning the average person. I do not believe that morality is a function of the current social zeitgiest. For example, I believe that slavery was always immoral, it just took a... (view)
Fri 16 Feb, 2007 05:22 pm - I agree that "we are, by nature, charged with natural selection", but we are also charged, by nature, with the ability to consciously go against this process. And this is what we call... (view)
Fri 16 Feb, 2007 03:54 am - yes, but we do not aspire to have the "morality" of the rest of the animal kingdom. Do you think that we should? We are gifted with the potential to reach for higher levels of justice. By... (view)
Thu 15 Feb, 2007 07:39 pm - wouldn't the simple fact that we could acknowledge such a thing proof that we are indeed beyond and above natural selection?
That's sort of like saying, we'd be smart if we... (view)
Thu 15 Feb, 2007 06:58 pm - you are misinterpreting my sentence, and I realize now that it is ambiguous, sorry.
I am not saying there is "another world", I am saying: "we have no right to assume that one... (view)
Thu 15 Feb, 2007 05:56 pm - fresco, you did not reply as to whether or not you believe that "we have no right to assume that one person belongs in this world and not another".
real life, think about any... (view)
Thu 15 Feb, 2007 03:14 am - fresco, thanks for the response. You are right in that I do start off with the premise that we have no right to assume that one person belongs in this world and not another. Do you not subscribe to... (view)
Thu 15 Feb, 2007 01:45 am - From the standpoint of simple justice, I believe that everyone has equal right to life, as do most people. On the other hand, most people say there are exceptions to this principle. For example, if... (view)
Fri 2 Feb, 2007 06:10 pm - thanks for the response, but you are painting an unfounded and unfair picture. After his conversion, Tolstoy was a vegetarian and did not drink, and he was like this for the last 20 years of his life. (view)
