Right....

Okay.

Abortion-Right or wrong?

Depends on the individual circumstances.

Capital Punisment " "

Probably not necessary or advisable at all during peacetime, but again, it depends on the individual circumstances. In war, one must sometimes resort to drastic measures (in the case of the breakdown of normal civil order, as in looting, etc...)

Eauthanasia       " "

Depends on the individual circumstances...and the consent of the euthanized.

Experiments on Animals " "

Depends on the individual circumstances, and the effect on the animals. Some (few) experiments are actually quite enjoyable for animals, while others may be horrific. I would be inclined not to hurt animals if at all possible, but one has to consider what else is at stake too.

War "   "

When attacked (directly and obviously by a clearly identifiable enemy) one obviously has the right and obligation to fight back effectively and protect oneself. This does not equate to having the right to invade a distant country because some mysterious group of people who might have had some backing from that country and might be located in it apparently did something to your country. That is to say, America had no real moral basis for invading either Afghanistan or Iraq, but they managed to concoct some great dramatic excuses in their fairly transparentearch for Caspian and Iraqui oil reserves. (I'm speaking of America's leaders, not its general public.)

Again, it depends upon the individual circumstances. Politicians decide to go to war over issues of power and resources...they then set about finding spurious moral justification for it, so that their public will support what is essentially a very immoral and crazy form of behaviour. They do not grasp the concept of human unity.

It would be great if reality could be reduced to a simple set of Do and Don't rules...but life is just not that simple...unless you are colossally brave. Only people like Jesus or Gandhi are that courageous, and other people usually end up killing them, which serves to illustrate the point in the most dramatic manner possible...that if you really intend to love humanity and life, then you'd better be prepared to sacrifice yourself on their behalf when it proves necessary.

May I add to the list...

UFO aliens exist...True or False?

Crop circles are not all made be humans...True or False?

God exists...True or False? (Be very careful to accurately define the particular nature of the theoretical God you are talking about...specially if you're setting out to prove that he/she/it doesn't exist! :-)

Polital parties - Right or Wrong?

Myself, I think they are a curse upon humanity, and will be seen a few hundred years from now as a very primitive phase we went through in our political development...just a step or two beyond the primitive concept of hereditary monarchs and "divine right" of same.

Immortal soul/afterlife - true or false?

That oughta keep everyone busy for a bit...

- LH