[HPforGrownups] Re: Jo's OWN Words/Harry using Crucio/I am about to Rant/Danger Designating the

[Lee Kaiwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 174669

Bart Lidofsky blessed us with this gem On 04/08/2007 03:01:

> Judeo-Christian ideals require that if you are 
> required to do something that is morally wrong, then you are not to do 
> it.

Hi, Bart.

While I enjoyed your analysis, I think you've oversimplified the 
Christian side a bit. Christianity also teaches obedience to authorities 
-- "Render unto Caesar" -- so I'm not sure it's so simply as a conflict 
between Judeo-Christian and Graeco-Roman thought (and which period of 
Graeco-Roman thought? Socratic, Platonic (and neo-Platonic) and 
Aristotelian ethics all weighed in on the subject of corrupt authorities).

However, you are certain correct in your analysis of the tensions 
between the two principles.

Lee Kaiwen, who's a bit of a neo-platonic, semi-aristotelian, 
quasi-Thomistic ethical mongrel.