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12-06-2004, 11:21 PM
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Morality
I ran across an interesting quote I'd like to share about human morality:
"... all morality involves encounter with the other person; in measuring the morality of our acts, recourse to absolute standards - whether derived from a revealed code or natural law - is often impossible. It is often a matter of choosing among competing values, sacrificing some to realize another." Thoughts?
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#2
12-07-2004, 05:30 PM
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I would agree with that Scott. Especially the point of morality often having to be a choice between competing (and often conflicting) values. I think that this is part (but not all) of what gives morality it's "relativistic" bent.
Thanks, TVOR
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#3
12-07-2004, 05:45 PM
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can you tell us who that quote is from?
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"A difference of opinion does not mean a difference of principle." - Thomas Jefferson
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#4
12-07-2004, 08:48 PM
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That's the most suprising of all Rex.....
 A Jesuit Catholic moralist: Father J.H. Walgrave O.P.
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#5
12-08-2004, 11:31 AM
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Doesn't our responsibility toward our Planet come before duty toward our species? God before society?
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12-09-2004, 08:09 AM
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Planet before Species, I can agree with. God before Society, I can't.
TVOR
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#7
12-09-2004, 08:12 AM
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Quote:
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I am an atheist. Therefore, all comments I make about God are hypothetical.
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#8
12-09-2004, 08:31 AM
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I agree with your agreement of his disagreement but disagree with your apparent agreement with his agreement.
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if G-d ( G-d is not 'X' for all 'X' )
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#9
12-09-2004, 08:33 AM
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Quote:
 i'm so confused
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#10
12-09-2004, 08:40 AM
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