03 Mar 10
Originally posted by wormwoodAs you can read from the previous posts, one can be true to a standard which is itself false or not in agreement with ultimate truth.
so, what's the higher truth? or a lower one for that matter. any truth? and how can integrity speak to it? granted english is my fourth language, but what you say doesn't make much sense to me.
03 Mar 10
Originally posted by FreakyKBHThe Ultimate Truth
As you can read from the previous posts, one can be true to a standard which is itself false or not in agreement with ultimate truth.
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03 Mar 10
Originally posted by FreakyKBHwhich ultimate truth? who's ultimate truth? how does that relate to the penultimate truth? is jack's ultimate truth truer than bill's ultimate truth? if not, why?
As you can read from the previous posts, one can be true to a standard which is itself false or not in agreement with ultimate truth.
03 Mar 10
Originally posted by FreakyKBHTo a non-cognitivist, there is no truth value to moral statements. In fact, the statement "A is good" is not meaningful in the sense that it expresses a property of A. In fact, the statement is only meaningful as an expression of personal preference.
As you can read from the previous posts, one can be true to a standard which is itself false or not in agreement with ultimate truth.
03 Mar 10
Whereas the Incan priest had "cultural cover" for sacrificing people to the gods the pedophile just seems simply lustful and animalistic. That's not a moral code to me, it's more an addiction. Like alcoholism and compulsive gambling.
Hard for me to grant the pedophile integrity. Integrity implies effort and discipline to do the ethical things you might ordinarily not do. Like if you were a politician and you didn't take a bribe, though your "lower nature" wanted to.
03 Mar 10
Originally posted by homedepotovIntegrity (especially Moral issues)
Whereas the Incan priest had "cultural cover" for sacrificing people to the gods the pedophile just seems simply lustful and animalistic. That's not a moral code to me, it's more an addiction. Like alcoholism and compulsive gambling.
Hard for me to grant the pedophile integrity. Integrity implies effort and discipline to do the ethical things you migh ...[text shortened]... you were a politician and you didn't take a bribe, though your "lower nature" wanted to.
NOT exclusively, especially.
03 Mar 10
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Originally posted by PalynkaThough philosophical speculation may often prove useful as the starting point of a journey or pilgrimage, eventually there's
So... Everybody agrees? <------------------ Pal, doesn't that herd bound scenario give you at least momentary pause?
an unsigned left/right fork in the path. The popular one most travelled by leads nowhere you wish to go. It's a dead end.