At 8:02 PM -0800 4/2/03, Kevin S. Van Horn wrote: >In other words, you can't formulate a cogent argument against this >point. Ever heard of the Ten Commandments? Most of these deal with >treating others well.
My reading says that five commandments deal with people's relationship with god and five deal with people's relationship with each other. >... my own religious upbringing taught me to view it as a deeply >shameful thing to lie, steal, strike a woman, etc. You simply couldn't >do these things and still feel good about yourself. This kind of >endogenous aversion to antisocial behavior is sorely lacking in >post-Christian America. I somehow was brought up the same way, but without a significant religious component. Perhaps these are the ways every tribe teaches it's members to relate to one another. c.f. TRUST: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order by Francis Fukuyama for the way family replaces tribe in some societies. Cheers - Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | Due process for all | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | used to be the | 16345 Englewood Ave. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | American way. | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA
