Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 15:28:17 -0400 From: Joshua Lee <yid@softhome.net> To: "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com> Cc: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <20020910152817.7ceb1917.yid@softhome.net> In-Reply-To: <20020910095307.X62741-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan> References: <20020909231609.68ac5883.yid@softhome.net> <20020910095307.X62741-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan>
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On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 09:55:46 -0700 (PDT) "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com> wrote: > On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Joshua Lee wrote: > > On Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:30:52 -0700 (PDT) > > "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com> wrote: > > > Correction. Logic and ethics are meaningless without objective > > > standards, and objective standards are impossible without > > > appealing to something, well, *objective*. "Objective" means that > > > > No, "objective" can operate according to natural law without having > > to appeal to an external source. e.g. Kantian ethics. > > ROFL. You think Kantian ethics are objective? BTW, please explain > how you get ethics from "natural law". That's a joke, right? Kantian ethics are objective, I don't happen to like a few of the conclusions it reaches, but they are objective, without placing a diety on a pedestal of objectivity. Funny, you being a Protestant, I thought you would like Kant. What do you not like about his philosophy, which is closer to your beliefs than mine anyway? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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