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To: sandyeggo
“The truth or falsity of moral judgments, or their justification, is not absolute or universal, but is relative to the traditions, convictions, or practices of a group of persons.”

The truth is absolute. Moral judgments are made by imperfect human reasoning which tries to apply that absolute truth but often fails. Totally accurate moral judgments require more information than we humans possess, so we have to do the best we can with what we have. One of the best things we have for this endeavor is reason. Even a book of absolute truth (such as the Bible) won't help if reason is not applied to understand it.

57 posted on 11/16/2007 9:32:40 AM PST by Semper
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