Re: MORALITY: right & wrong (was: A Bioethical Foundation for Human Rights)

From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Fri Nov 09 2001 - 13:44:04 MST

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> From: "Lee Daniel Crocker" <lee@piclab.com>
> > Dictionaries contain almost no useful information about the world.
>
> In that case, we definitely don't need an extropian dictionary entry for
> freedom.

The place where definitions most belong is next to philosophical
exposition, and rational argument. Collecting some common definitions
of everything in one place, separated from specific uses, is less
sensible. I won't say it's completely useless (it does make
communication quicker and easier), it just doesn't help describe
any actual facts of reality in any useful detail.

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