08-16-2005, 09:48 AM
Kaan Wrote:your philosophy would bring the world to anarchy. Murder is wrong... Rape is wrong... if you want to know why... because the majority says so. the majority will always control the minority until the minority is no longer that... through convincing others and legal protests... through logic... not with your quack ideas of right and wrong.
This is blatant subjectivism, blatant cultural subjectivism. You're saying that if you grew up 150 years ago you would agree that slavery is right? Or, by you moving to another country, you automatically change what you think is right and wrong to match up with their laws? While I agree that our culture severely molds our thoughts, and notions of right and wrong, I believe that there are certain things that we hold to be wrong, no matter what. Although this again,will be hotly debated.
There is a difference between abiding laws, and abiding what you believe to be the general guidelines of right and wrong in life.
Edit: Your idea about logic also fits into this debate. What is logical? What makes an arguement logical? What is logical now (the planets rotating arround the sun) was not logical about 600 years back...
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