The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #63375   Message #1031376
Posted By: Amos
07-Oct-03 - 05:18 PM
Thread Name: BS: Ethics
Subject: RE: BS: Ethics
If only humans make moral codes, then every human-made moral code has equal weight, subject only to one's ability and willingness to impose your code on others.

I'm a Jeffersonian, and I have a high degree of confidence in rational humanity recognizing rationality. I have also learned to expect that irrational humanity will gravitate toward irrationality. Moral codes are not the point; the ability of the individual to reason with clarity toward a positive goal of some kind is the point.

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