At 5:47 PM -0400 5/9/06, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
In Greek philosophy there is the famous question, "Do the gods order
men to do "the good" because it's good? Or is the good good, because
the gods order it?" Personally I would lean towards the first, while
Bahais seem to lean towards the second.
My ethics prof was a bit taken aback when I argued that God orders
men to do good because it is good; but, men *understand* it to be
good because God ordered it. I've seen someone else propose this
idea on a Baha'i list, prob this one.
This response raises all kinds of interesting questions about the
nature of intellectual realities.
Don C
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