On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Justin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> I guess my point is that it's all subjective no matter which side of the > argument you come from, and there are no absolute truths (unless you say > that the this statement IS an absolute truth, in which case we're in a > paradox and I'm actually a descendant of that creature that washed up on > a beach not long ago). > You are discovering the traps of "cultural relativism". Are there "absolute truths"...? That's a loaded question. Most will infer from that phrase that we purport to know what IS, and is NOT, "right", as judged from a level higher up than humanity. If we attempt to remove ethics, and morality, and God from the question.....we can perhaps ponder: "Are there actions that do harm to our collective humanity?" God is often time used as a means for one culture to hold judgment over another. It's a means by which they battle the relativists who would argue that one culture cannot speak to the actions of another in terms of "right and wrong". We all see what kind of issues THAT can cause! If we replace "God", or even "morality", with that one thing that truly does join us under the same umbrella.....we are all human beings.....maybe we can collectively discuss what does our species "right", and what does it "wrong". I dunno.....I'm just sort of thinking out loud here...... -- The passion that sparked me one terrible night And shocked and persuaded my soul to ignite ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:265354 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
