On 10/21/2013 05:23 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Craig <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Oh course I know you disagree. But by what authority can you and your > associates decide the rules that I am to follow, when I can't > decide the > rules that you should follow? > > > The Constitution. And common law. I mean that.
So your ancestors got together and decided they had this authority? This is an argument for authority -- from authority. > > > > A universal moral code, which applies to > everyone in the same fashion, derived not from an arbitrary authority, > will give everyone the ability to live their own lives, each as > they see > fit. So I'm arguing for universality. > > > You are arguing for utopia. You are arguing for the perfect even > though it is the enemy of the good. You want something that cannot be > obtained given the actual circumstances of life; and the limitations > of our technology; and our primate nature. > There's no utopia here, but it is certainly quite possible to design a universal moral code, with just a logical deduction from premises. You seem to imply that such a thing would lead to utopia, and I'm not arguing that. Craig
