Maybe open-mindedness is not relativism, Lee. Are morals and ethics universally recognized and accepted? Are they fixed or subject to change or tweeking? :-) The pitfall may be when excuses and denial try to rationalize bad deeds and conduct. Plus- our conscience has been formed by our family, religion and culture- even wrong thinking, included. And what about our relations with the "other" and "others"- where is our responsibilty/duty? Anyway, it's a huge and lively subject, isn't it?
I looked up the Sikh religion this weekend and was impressed! (Wikipedia) I started thinking about Kip- a character in "The English Patient" (book and movie). On Aug 22, 10:36 am, Lee Douglas <[email protected]> wrote: > Cheers for this Rigsy. > > An iterresting piece, sorta similar to my own stance on moral > relitivsim. I cn see where he is coming from alas I can not fully > agree. > > Morality according to Lee is merely the individual's understanding of > right or wrong actions. > > Accordingly then if person A says action A is immorral then to them it > is, if person B declares action A as moral then certianly to their POV > it is so, and if person C declars action A berift of moralyity at all, > I.E. Amorral then it is so according to them. > > In short if a person says, this is good, bad or neither then that is > their moraly system in play. > > Joel may claim that his actions are no lacking in morality but I do > not belivethis is the case. > > On Aug 22, 3:50 pm, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > wow.... thank you for posting this Rigs... something to qusetion my own weak > > uninformed stands with... that line of Socrates"Do Gods love something > > because it is holy or is it holy because Gods love it".... a friend said > > it.. i mean it came up in a discussion and i didnt know it was socrates;-) > > ... but anyways.... about what Joel says... well actually no i cant see > > ethics without morality... so i am not too sure... need to give it more > > thought in the shower.... > > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 7:29 PM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > By Joel Marks- plus reader comments > > > >http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/confessions-of-an-ex-... > > > -- > > EverComing- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
