I like watching House on my MythTV / Gentoo system. emerge is nice. On Jan 22, 2008 3:12 PM, Levi Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "William Attwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I was going to go down the serial killer route.... There isn't a universal > > right to life and property; some cultures live in such a way that there is > > no property ownership-- everyone in the society has equal access to all > > items, and they may simply leave them behind when they move on; is it > > temporary ownership, soceity ownership, or no ownership-- up to you to > > assume, I guess.. > > I would suspect that if someone is currently using something, and > another person snuck up on them and took it before they were finished > using it, it would be considered wrong. Voluntarily relinquishing a > given piece of property is different from having it involuntarily > taken. Protecting this right is one of the fundamental purposes of > society, but it gets taken care of in different ways. The one you > illustrate is very different than ours, but it's protecting the same > basic right. > > > If you take a gander outside of the box, you'll notice that most of what you > > believe, know, and agree to be true, is only so based on your society, and > > is in no way universal.. Everything is based on society, and it's up to us > > to adhere to what our society believes to be right and wrong, or not to and > > suffer the consequences (good, or bad). Focus on my above use of the word > > agree.. We all agree with what we are comfortable with or what we are pushed > > into; that doesn't mean it's universal, that just means we have validated it > > ourselves in a way that we can agree with it. > > I agree that we're highly context-sensitive beings, and that certainly > our societies have built up cultural norms that do vary from culture > to culture. I don't think this rules out the concept of universal > ethical principles, though they way in which different cultures > express those principles will vary. I also believe that in some > cases, cultures will embrace things that are morally wrong, and aren't > justified in doing so just because they are able to and they all (or > at least sufficient numbers to enforce it) agree to it. > > I'm probably not going to be able to talk you out of your relativism, > though, so I guess we'll have to leave it at that. > > > --Levi
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