Re:Justice Dept. defends secret rulings in new spy court filing
by Amadou on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @11:57AM
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>> but even morality is defined by the people themselves
> Absolutely not, and that mentality is a repeat of one of the most dangerous ideas to have ever been put into practice across history.
If not people, then who?
Re:Justice Dept. defends secret rulings in new spy court filing
by mpyne on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @04:43PM
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You'll need to ask your favorite philosopher for that. If you end up getting a good answer for it you could acquire fame throughout the world, I would imagine.
Re:Justice Dept. defends secret rulings in new spy court filing
by Amadou on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @05:06PM
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For something you consider to be so fundamentally true that's the mother of all cop-outs. Really, really unhelpful.
Re:Justice Dept. defends secret rulings in new spy court filing
by mpyne on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @03:28PM
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I'm sorry I couldn't be the one to tell you what you're supposed to think creates morality. Maybe you can go find someone else's philosophy to unthinkingly latch onto?
Re:Justice Dept. defends secret rulings in new spy court filing
by Amadou on Thursday July 11, 2013 @01:02AM
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You emphatically denied that morality is defined by people, but have provided exactly zero support for that idea. Backed into the corner of your own illogic you are now accusing me of being unthinking. Which is odd since all I've done is expect you to support your argument.
This isn't even a case of you and I disagreeing about the importance of certain facts, you made a bald-faced denial without even a shred of an explanation. I was waiting for something like claims about received wisdom, but nada, nothing, zilch.
Absolutely not, and that mentality is a repeat of one of the most dangerous ideas to have ever been put into practice across history.
Much of our 'progress' has human beings has been advancing past the idea that might (of the mob, or of the authority, or otherwise) alone makes right.
It may be that the people shield you from punishment if you do something wrong, but it is still wrong and will always be wrong, though one can usually be rehabilitated.