Re: Some Thought On Intelligent Design - WAS: OT Is George Bush Drinking?


Mike Marlow wrote:
> "Larry Blanchard" <lblanch@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:434951dc$0$49011$14726298@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > George wrote:
> > >
> > > Trouble is, without divine endorsement, what's "right" and ethical for
> one
> > > is not necessarily "right" or ethical for another. People who talk
> about
> > > "human rights" are no different from those who preach their morality
> > > derived from their deities of choice.
> > >
> >
> > Wrong. We are subject to the same basic ethical rule as everthing else.
> > If it's good for the survival of the species, it's "right." If it's
> > bad for the survival of the species, it's "wrong."
> >
> > Of course it's not that simple. There's long-term vs short-term
> > survival, the importance attached to a stasble society, etc.. But the
> > basic rule is there.
>
> That rule doesn't stand up to widely varying cultural values for even a
> second. Gonna need to come up with a different rule.
>

In what way doesn't it stand up? You make a flat statement without even
a smidgin of proof or a single example.

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