streetwaves |
12-02-2008 06:57 PM |
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Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent
(Post 556857)
Here's the thing: if there's no such thing as straightness, there's no such thing as lines. The very conception of a line invokes the abstract principle of straightness. Likewise, morality without absolutes collapses on itself and becomes an empty retroactive justification.
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Again, there is no comparison between morality and straightness. One is based on a principle of absoluteness, and the other is, at most, subject to situational absolutes. By claiming that God is needed to "ground" our idea of morality, you suggest that morality is totally absolute, and it's not. It's completely relative to the situation, and is governed completely by our evolving sense of what is "right" and "wrong", based on past experiences.
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