Le 30-déc.-06, à 17:07, 1Z a écrit :
Brent Meeker wrote:
> Everything starts with assumptions. The questions is whether they
> are correct. A lunatic could try defining 2+2=5 as valid, but
> he will soon run into inconsistencies. That is why we reject
> 2+2=5. Ethical rules must apply to everybody as a matter of
> definition.
But who is "everybody".
Everybody who can reason ethically.
I am not sure this fair. Would you say that ethical rules does not need
to be applied to mentally disabled person who just cannot reason at
all?
I guess you were meaning that ethical rules should be applied *by*
those who can reason ethically, in which case I agree.
Bruno
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/
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