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Author Topic:   Absolute Morality...again.
ramoss
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Message 229 of 300 (334632)
07-23-2006 8:19 PM
Reply to: Message 228 by Faith
07-23-2006 7:59 PM


As I just argued, I believe the very attempt to arrive at the best judgment of any given moral dilemma implies that a perfect judgment exists, whether we recognize it or not, and whether we are able to arrive at it or not. There must be a perfect solution if all the aspects of the dilemma could be taken fully into account.
Why must there be a 'perfect solution'? That seems to be making some unwarrented asssumptions. Show me that every 'moral dilemma' has a 'perfect judgement'. That is an assertion on your part.
And the world of human behavior, and the searching for a best moral judgment, implies that there is a best judgment, which means that there is an absolute morality, although we often fall short of it.
So your evidence for an absolute morality is there is a perfect judgement, and there is a perfect judgement because there is an absolute morality? Right!! That doesn't seem too convincing to me.
Again, its existence is implied in the existence of moral thinking at all, the seeking of the best resolution, and, I'd add, in the wisdom writings of many civilizations, much of which was collected in the Book of Proverbs of the Bible.
Well, Proverbs has lots of advice. I certianly wouldn't call it absolute. Some of it might even be good advice. But, you are merely making an assertion it's advice is an 'absolute morality'.

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