Waiting for Fitzgerald

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Spanky
And in what cultures and in what circumstances do we have these rights.

In this country, right now. For example, the court decided that Terri Schiavo had a right to have her feeding tube removed, that being her choice as communicated through her ex-husband. A more simple example would be Less's right to drink himself to death.

I never said you did defend genocide. I am saying that you can't critize Genocide if you are a moral relativist. Moral relativists believe that differenct morals and rules are appropriate for different cultures and countrys. Some morals and rules works in some cultures and don't work in other cultures. Therefore it is wrong for one culture to impose its values on another culture.

That is why moral relativists think our invasion of Iraq is so heinous, because we are trying to impose "western values" on Iraq. I don't believe in western values. I think if values exist they are universal. I don't think morals are relative. I think they are universal to all cultures and countrys.

Genocide is an absolute wrong. A moral relativist would say that Genocide could be OK, it just depends on which culture you are talking about.

I think you are confusing moral relativsim with the fact that moral codes (and legal codes) have to be sophisticated and complicated. But that does not make them any less universal or important.

If you are a moral relativist and don't believe in a universal moral code, then you have to be open to the fact that Genocide might be appropriate to certain cultures at different times.

You presume to tell me what I have to believe and call me arrogant? If you want to know what I believe, ask me, don't presume to tell me.

I previously posted defintions of both absolutism and relativism. I think your posts have established that you aren't really an absolutist. They have clearly established you have at best a misguided notion of relativism.

Had you bothered to ask me what I believe in, or where I stand on issues, you might have established that we agree on many specific policies and issues. Maybe we can have that conversation one of these days. Then Hank won't have to leave.