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To: DMG2FUN

Certainly.

They can also be taken away when laws are made based on relativistic morals and beliefs that are based in nothing other than shifting trends and values (ie arbitrary and therefore meaningless from a moral standpoint), rather than absolutes. “The majority wants it” isn’t a strong moral foundation to rest your system of laws on because the majority can be wrong. The majority of people wanting something doesn’t make something inherently right (moral).


49 posted on 06/14/2012 12:33:31 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

“The majority wants it” isn’t a strong moral foundation to rest your system of laws on because the majority can be wrong.”
The majority rule is the basis of our government. A group made up of less then 4% of the worlds population does not make a majority.


51 posted on 06/15/2012 10:28:01 AM PDT by DMG2FUN
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