Re: Moral Superiority

[John D. Giorgis]

At 09:21 PM 3/6/01 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote:
>Answering a question, especially a moot question such as the one you
offered*,
>is not the same as proclaiming moral superiority.  And example of proclaiming
>moral superiority would be the leader of one country calling another country
>an "evil empire".

So if a leader of a country proclaims another country to be an "Evil
Empire", then the leader's country is *by definition* not morally superior
to the other country?  

Do I understand you right?

JDG
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