At 15:28 05-07-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote: >Do you also believe that good and evil are just a matter of opinion?
IMO, sometimes it is a matter of opinion. I fail to see how someone could find it evil to run into a burning house to rescue someone, but there are cases where it depends on your beliefs. To use one of the most horrible examples from history: you and I (and any other reasonable person on this planet) believe the Holocaust was evil, but the Nazis believed it to be a good thing. Other example. The plane I am piloting (with 100 people on board) experiences massive technical problems and is about to crash into downtown LA during rush hour. When it hits the ground, as many as a few thousand people could die. In an attempt to prevent that, I decide to change course and let the plane crash into the ocean, killing everyone on board. Essentially, it is *me* who decides that 100 people must die. Is my decision evil because I willingly send 100 people to their deaths, or is my decision good because I save a few thousand lives by sacrificing 100 lives? Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
