[lbo-talk] Morality and Relativism

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Mon Sep 5 09:42:42 PDT 2005


Justin wrote:


>> You were the person who mention "needless" syffering" being something no
>> rational pertsonal had to take account of.

Miles wrote:


> Right there is the problem: you won't be able to find a quote or
paraphrase in the archive where I said that, because I didn't!

You said something pretty close:


> Let me try again: why are we compelled to "give the avoidance of needless
suffering any non-negligible ethical weight"? It's
> possible and quite common that avoidance of suffering is not a component
of moral decisions and action.

-- Luke



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