Quoting Louis Schmier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Chris, I'm not talking about the ability to live up to a moral code; I'm
> asking about the
> source of that ethical and moral code in the first place if
> you--editorially--don't accept
> the existence of the Divine.

Neither am I. I am talking about the assumption that ethical conduct requires
(or is even best generated by) a "code." Codes inevitably come into conflict
with real situations that were not envisioned when the code was first thought
up. This is why we change our laws so regularly (almost continuously). One
needs ethical thought, from moment to moment, not moldy old codes that absolve
one of responsibility even as they fail.

Make it a thoughtful day,

Chris Green

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