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Conventionalism is Dead - Society does NOT determine what is moral.

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RickJB
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02-17-2007 3:15 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by joshua221
02-16-2007 5:37 PM

It's cute how you explain who Socrates is for the benefit of those who haven't heard of him.
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Anyway...
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How do you account for the morality of war, in which the killing of an enemy (as opposed to a compatriot) is considered "just"? If both sides consider their cause to be "just" who is truly right?
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If the idea that society determines what is moral is "pathetic", why do we see such behavior?
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RickJB
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02-20-2007 4:02 AM 		Reply to: Message 88 by anastasia
02-19-2007 11:17 PM

Ana writes:
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nator writes:
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Can you give an example of an "objective morality"?
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Sure, my objective for instance is serving God.
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Sounds like you misunderstand the meaning of "objective morality". We're talking about an unchangable, universal moral truth.
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How does serving a particular interpretation of a God that no one has ever observed equate to "objective morality"?
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RickJB
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02-22-2007 8:02 AM 		Reply to: Message 111 by anastasia
02-21-2007 6:09 PM

Re: Agreement Woes
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It does not surprise me to see that the same people who do not believe in God also have a hard time conceptualizing a 'real' morality.
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Which God?
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If there is a "real" morality then from which God does it come?
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