Gilberto, At 10:25 AM 1/28/2005, you wrote: >>I'm not sure what you mean by "that" in "that would not be the case". You are >>the one hung up on the names now. I wouldn't assume that begging for money in >>Zeire is the same as begging for money in Germany. And perhaps you could say >>that in Zaire customs officials occurs frequently and went on unpunished. I'm >>not sure if that makesx it normative.<<
That was precisely my point - that mendicancy in the country formerly known as Zaire could probably not be legitimately compared with mendicancy in the U.S. or Germany. It is the reason I said that I did not hold the begging I saw in Zaire against them. What do you do if you are living in one of the (then) most expensive cities in the world (Kinshasa) making the equivalent of $10-20 per month? >>What I'm saying is that you consider the consequences of each individual act >>in each particular situation. Just because two different acts have the same >>name (e.g. "begging" or "killing" or "marrying a 9-year-old female") doesn't >>mean I would expect them to have the same consequences or would evaluate them >>the same way.<< Which is exactly the point I was making. >>And just because those acts have different consequences in different >>situations isn't a proof of moral relativism.<< I do not see how, on average, one can judge people living in a Third World nation by the same standards as one would judge those living in a place like the U.S. or Germany. Regards, Mark A. Foster � http://markfoster.net � [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger." ---- Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
