To: palmer
A morality that is group based must by necessity be metaphysical (based on common descriptions of observable reality) even if that is a rationalization by individuals of their own individual empathy.Are all group moralities merely "rationalizations"?
62 posted on
02/28/2006 8:14:25 AM PST by
Know your rights
(The modern enlightened liberal doesn't care what you believe as long as you don't really believe it.)
To: Know your rights
Are all group moralities merely "rationalizations"? No, I'm only suggesting rationalization has occured when people admit that they have empathy that matches their group morality but insist that their group morality is not (or can't be) derived from the empathy of individuals in the group.
65 posted on
02/28/2006 9:08:32 AM PST by
palmer
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