[HPforGrownups] Re: Different moral standards (was : On the other hand)

[bufo_viridis at interia.pl]

No: HPFGUIDX 93231

Since Del covered most of the other points, I'd like to stress just two.

> Geoff:
> That is a contradiction in terms. An absolute is an absolute is an 
> absolute. What is an absolute in France is an absolute in the UK is 
> an absolute in the US.

Unfortunately this absolute exists only in the head of the person. Otherwise we wouldn't have religious wars - or the Nazis & Communists you mentioned below. Beacuse yes, they had their "absolutes" (or small, but influential group of them had).

You may think that there is an absolute moral code - but the problem starts when you try impose it on other person who doesn't agree. In the very end it must end in the "who's not with us is against us" position.


> Geoff:
> Hm. I find it difficult to believe that biology or social strategy 
> make me prefer walking to being a couch potato or preferring 
> raspberries to bananas. I am sure there are many of our posters who 
> will agree with me that we are humans created by God while some may 
> not go all the way with me but still accept the idea of a higher 
> being rather than suggesting we are a random error in the fabric of 
> the universe.

Well, God created us together with whole our biology luggage, instincts and strategies. He "programmed" us to some extent :)
Richard Dawkins "The Selfish Gene" and "The Blind Watchmaker" make good reading on the subject, even if one chooses to disagree in the end :)
Also "The Red Queen" by  Matt Ridley. 
Have fun :)

Cheers, Viridis
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