From: joe dees (joedees@bellsouth.net)
Date: Fri Jan 15 1999 - 16:22:49 MST
Joe E. Dees
Poet, Pagan, Philosopher
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Access your e-mail anywhere, at any time.
Get your FREE BellSouth Web Mail account today!
http://webmail.bellsouth.net
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
attached mail follows:
The original message was received at Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:48:58 -0500 (EST)
from www6.bellsouth.bigfoot.com [208.156.60.166]
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
extropy@extropians.com
----- Transcript of session follows -----
550 extropy@extropians.com.. Host unknown (Name server: extropians.com: host not found)
attached mail follows:
At Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:40:38 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
>
>Samael wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael S. Lorrey <retroman@together.net>
>> >
>> >Yes, you are correct EXCEPT in denying the existence of zero, a natural
>> moral
>> >fixed point within the moral space continuum from which all others can
>> relate
>> >and which binds the moral continuum to real behavior in the real universe.
>> Even
>> >in relativity space there are absolutes, like the speed of light, the
>> Planck
>> >length, etc.
>>
>> Where is this zero, how do we find it. What does it derive from. How do we
>> observe it. With the speed of light, there are observations and
>> meausurements we can make, not so with morals.
>>
>
>How do you know unless you have tried? Using my earlier definition of objective
>morality, it would be relatively easy. First off, you need to theorize that it
>might, in fact, exist.
>
>Can you do that?
>
>Mike Lorrey
>
>
Morality is connected with actions (or their forbearance). Not to act at all cannot be considered a zero point, however, in, say, the case of an excellent swimmer who just sits on the shore like a sodden log whilst clearly perceiving the gurgling plaints of a drowning child. The reason that there is no zero point is that there are multifarious circumstances (not to mention many ethical systems) which can not agree on such a common reference.
>
>
>
Joe E. Dees
Poet, Pagan, Philosopher
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Access your e-mail anywhere, at any time.
Get your FREE BellSouth Web Mail account today!
http://webmail.bellsouth.net
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Fri Nov 01 2002 - 15:02:50 MST