Stealing to eat and killing to live

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Moral Absolutism VS Moral Relativism:

Are there blacks and whites, or does everything have a tinge of gray?

I WANT TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS.

ahem.

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Re: objectivity is a subjective matter...

[simpleparadox]

Fortunately, I know that pure objectivity would be too lofty a peak to climb. What I meant by limiting ethnocentrism and increasing objectivity is to do so in situations where opinions on morals differ. If people would step back from the beliefs ingrained within their being, and colored their viewpoint with a bit more of cold logic, there would be less clashes of culture. For example, I can step back and look at a topic, such as abortion, through the eyes of a fundamentalist christian. They believe that it is taking a life and is wrong, despite the circumstances. I can also step back and objectively think that in certain contexts, is it not worse to risk the life of the mother for something that is not in the world yet? At what point does an unborn child's existence become more important than someone who is already established in the world?

There is no ultimate authority on morality, even for those who believe in God. We only have a filtered and muddied version of what is supposedly right or wrong. All beliefs and rules and "moral absolutes" are recorded my man (or woman, if you want to be politically correct), and thus are fallible. Everything is relative.

I am alive and well. Finished my studies, working for corporate America and currently eating melon. I have been posting on Livejournal all along, I just put almost all of my stuff on friends-only. How is life in good ole' Europe? Is the flint treating you well?