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Old May 10, 2005, 02:22 pm   #12 (permalink) (top)
PatrickHenry
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No such thing as objective right and wrong.
I am certain that I will be accused of strawmanning, but if there is no standard at all, then anything I decide to do is right, correct? Then why have laws, police, courts, penitentiaries?

By this logic, you must allow others to do as they see fit, even as you do as you wish. Doesn't this lead to chaos? Isn't this why we repress violent crime? Isn't this why we prosecute theft and fraud? Because there ARE objective standards?


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