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Old 05-24-2007   #7 (permalink)
utabintarbo
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Default Re: What are your axioms?

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Originally Posted by DChristopher View Post
I'll add a couple:

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--It is "good," in an absolute sense, to treat other people with kindness and empathy.

--It is not "good" to treat other people cruelly or badly or apathetically. No belief system that encourages such behavior is good.

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How can you have your standard of "good" be external? Would you say that ethics would be unimportant if you were the only man on an island. By your standard, they would be non-existent.

Also see my previous comment regarding axioms.
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