Ethical foundations of the left

Ian Murray seamus2001 at home.com
Thu Jul 26 21:47:13 PDT 2001



> I think many moral philosophers would agree that morality is derived
from
> the sort of creatures evolution has made us into. That's why lions
have no
> ethical obligations. Morality is like color: it doesn't exist
outside of
> our perceptions, except in the sense that certain external stimuli
elicit
> extremely similar reactions in most people. As one wouldn't expect
a
> color-blind person to view the color spectrum in the same manner as
oneself,
> it should come as no surprise that the amoral among us fail to see
the
> validity of the ethical arguments we find compelling.
>
> -- Luke
======= Nor even those of us who continually struggle with the moral/amoral / without a sense of irony.

Ian



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