Is it only from man-made laws (which are as fallible as we are) or by votes (popularity contests) which might be skewed, or is there some supernatural source, or is there just plain no such thing as right and wrong and we're only fooling ourselves to think so...?
As the Marquis de Sade said, "Whatever IS, is right." (Of course, he's not what I like to think of as a sound moral guide.... )
And, as a corolary, how are materialists able to arrive at a concept of right and wrong (let alone identify individual acts as such...?)
If all we are is matter and energy, how can anything that we do be wrong?
2006-11-05
08:56:11
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