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To: JediGirl
Who comes up with what's moral? Whoever has the most power? In a democracy the people...in a dictatorship, the dictator. Scary, but unfortunately true.

428 posted on 5/21/02 10:10 AM Pacific by JediGirl

Doesn't knowledge--science create LAW...'morality'?

432 posted on 05/21/2002 10:27:09 AM PDT by f.Christian
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To: f.Christian
Who comes up with what's moral? Whoever has the most power? In a democracy the people...in a dictatorship, the dictator. Scary, but unfortunately true.

Is that how you perceive the world? Sad. Clearly, "might makes right" does not work because it makes no distinction between power and goodness. Do you make a distinction between the two?

437 posted on 05/21/2002 10:37:20 AM PDT by exmarine
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