Well that appears like a wise answer. If I ever become wise then perhaps I won't need to discuss it anymore, but for now, I prefer to. I can contemplate bad ideas by myself, or misinterpret ideas of others, but the way I see it, I have to engage these ideas and discuss them before I can go off and live them or contemplate them.
On Aug 23, 8:59 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > There are always better and worse choices, in every situation, for > every person. The challenge is to be centred enough to honestly see > them and choose accordingly. Rules can provide useful guidelines, but > they need not remove our freedom and responsibility, unless we let > them. Or, to use one particular form of religious language in a > descriptive fashion; right action follows on contemplation, on the > basis of the principle of minimising suffering in so far as one can > judge the situation. We cannot not act. Finding the way to wisdom > involves individual (and sometimes communal) moral development, but > this is something which is - in many ways - better lived than > discussed. > > Francis > > On 23 Aug., 17:35, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Aug 23, 6:44 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Relativism is something I don’t understand. I hear it often in > > > here. The way I understand it is that cultural relativism and moral > > > relativism or “any” kind of relativism poses things as “true” only in > > > a certain context. <<<BB > > > > First you say it's something you don't understand and then you say you > > > understand it as posing things as true, only in certain context. > > > > Have you answered your own question? > > > No, as I do not understand it fully > > > > Juan: "Hot Peppers are really "Good" for you" (true) > > > Billy Bob: "That's true but I have an ulcer so they're "Not Good" for > > > me" (true) > > > > It's really all the same morally or culturally. There are those who > > > think it's sick that some cultures kill and eat dogs/cats, but at that > > > same time in their own culture kill and eat other animals as an > > > accepted practice. > > > I am not concerned with the examples you present. I am concerned > > about other examples that might be proposed based on the general > > principle of relativism. If one accepts relativism as "valid" then > > it may be applied to anything as "justification." I see not only a > > dangerous side to it but an avoidance of finding a deeper truth, and > > in so makes a claim that that deeper truth does not exist, and does > > not matter. A way of justification and not truth. In many cases it > > is both harmless and "valid" but relativism has a built in "excuse" > > which is context. And in the hands of the creative, might lead one > > away from an underlying truth, should there happen to be one (Just my > > take on it of course)- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
