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To: MineralMan
Murder is only a crime if you are caught and apprehended by the society which defines it as a crime.

I never claimed it wasn't a crime. I said that in your philosophy, it is morally neutral, since there is no morality. It just is, it's not right or wrong. In the end, it doesn't matter because nothing matters.

1,804 posted on 12/21/2005 9:03:53 AM PST by Protagoras (Many people teach their children that Jesus is story character but Santa Claus is real.)
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To: Protagoras

"I never claimed it wasn't a crime. I said that in your philosophy, it is morally neutral, since there is no morality. It just is, it's not right or wrong. In the end, it doesn't matter because nothing matters."




That is your argument, not mine. That is the Sophist's explanation, in relative terms. I have a very strong moral background, given to me by my parents, and arising from the common morality of this society. For me, murder is absolutely morally wrong. It matters a great deal.

It is the Sophist who claims that there is no right or wrong argument. It is the Sophist who makes all such things relative. Indeed, it was the original Sophists who invented atheism and agnosticism. Oh, shadow of your namesake, it is you who has no center.


1,808 posted on 12/21/2005 9:13:46 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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