From: Jon Glass (jonglass_at_usa.net)
Date: Wed Sep 15 2004 - 22:29:49 PDT
On Sep 16, 2004, at 2:45 AM, Brett Hutley wrote:
> The problem is actually accepting
> the existence of the absolutes "good" and "evil" (and that's where
> the professor went wrong). I think there are actions that are "good"
> within a particular moral framework or culture, and those that aren't -
> this is "Ethical Relativism" in philosophy.
So, do I understand you to be saying that if we, as a Newton community
decided that your existence was not good for our particular culture,
then it would perfectly moral to exterminate you? Hm. Interesting
ramifications...
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