From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Sat Dec 04 2004 - 13:04:59 GMT
Erin:
> Platt Holden < > wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> > What is Moral Absolutism?
> >
> > Are there other types of morality?
>
> Referring to my Philosophy 101 textbook:
>
> Relativism: In ethics, the belief, based on empirical observation, that
> what is considered to be right and wrong differs from one society to
> another and one person to another, [implying that there are no universal
> codes of right and wrong.]
>
> Formalism (Absolutism): In ethics, the position that there are universal
> ethical standards that apply to all men, [often believed to have been
> revealed by a deity.]
>
> Platt, Steve, Ian and all,
>
> It seems like you can believe the first part of the definition without
> necessarily believe in what is in brackets. So a question ---can the
> definition still be considered complete if you take out what is in
> brackets?
Sure. What's included in the brackets is there only to clarify the
definitions. What do you find unbelievable therein?
Platt
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