I never said it was a matter of preference. I said it was a matter of evolution. As we've, well, civilized ourselves, so to speak, our ethical scope has changed along with it. So either we're slowly revealing an ultimate truth, or with each generation, we change and refine what is morally and ethically acceptable and what is not. And different parts of the city, much less the world, have different ethical standards.
So, in the midst of a liberal arts college in Vermont, it would be considered henious and wrong to shoot someone who broke into your house and tried to make off with your television. In a farming town in the midst of Florida, your neighbours would firnly endorse your actions. Are the people in Vermont right and the ones in Florida wrong? Or vice versa? If there is a central truth to discover, one or the other has to be the case. I personally feel it has to be more complex than that.
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Date: 2009-07-30 03:40 am (UTC)So, in the midst of a liberal arts college in Vermont, it would be considered henious and wrong to shoot someone who broke into your house and tried to make off with your television. In a farming town in the midst of Florida, your neighbours would firnly endorse your actions. Are the people in Vermont right and the ones in Florida wrong? Or vice versa? If there is a central truth to discover, one or the other has to be the case. I personally feel it has to be more complex than that.