> Ah those aren't morals. Morals is right vs wrong. Some > people believe > something is acceptable, but that doesn't make it right.
Umm... nope, those are morals. People do not all have the same set of "right and wrong" -- there is a fantastic amount of variation between what two cultures believe is right/wrong. Those are moral judgements, and in many cases those moral judgements are diametrically opposed when 2 cultures beliefs about a given circumstance are compared. > Going to war is morally wrong, however, we sometimes > accept the moral low road to ensure that the good > guys don't win. .... Terrorists will never stop thinking of ways to harm America and neither will we? > As humans we make a choice to do the right thing or > the wrong thing. We accept the consequences of our > actions internally and externally. > I don't think homosexuality is immoral, I don't think it > is right or wrong. It just is. > Is it wrong to kill somebody, yes, is it immoral, yes, do > we do it at times because we think it is needed to ensure > survival of our selves or others. Yes, should we change > that? No. > Self Defense is a good example. Just because human law > allows for things like self defense, but the individual > must live with it. I interpreted your claim to be that morality is fixed -- that it exists regardless of the opinions of humans, and I'm saying that's not true. There is no universal good or evil, there is only people and what we choose to value. Different cultures have historically valued things differently. You're focusing way too much on the issue of killing with respect to the times we kill because we're choosing a perceived "lesser evil", and in the process ignored comments about ritual suicide and human sacrifice, both of which have been highly valued by cultures which gave rise to them, both of which were considered "fundamentally good" by those cultures, even though our culture considers them "fundamentally evil". They mentioned that (if only briefly) in the Last Samurai. (Yes, I'm making a film reference, but damnit, I'm making a point. :) s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200001 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
