frayluisfan
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Are you kidding?
Some of the statements above are really...ahem...interesting.
In no particular order.
1. "No act is inherently evil" (don't recall who said this). Are you joking? In what society or moral code would child molestation be morally acceptable? (Yes, I know there are people who defend this abomination, but do you think such beliefs are valid?).
2. "Violence is always evil." (Jeff). I disagree, for reasons some have noted above. Violence is NOT always evil, and pacifism is not always good. This is the error of reasoning that the liberal hippies make.
3. "The outcome determines whether an act is good or evil" (zen21tao). Huh? This sounds like it's taken straight from Machiavelli, or something similar. I couldn't disagree more. This sounds suspiciously like the moral reasoning of communists--any act which advances communism is good, and any act which slows the advance of communism is wrong. Dangerous.
4. "Muslims kill their raped sisters in order to cleanse the family honor. This just proves the point." (ugaarguy). What point are you trying to demonstrate here? That such people are morally screwed up? If so, your point is well taken. But it sounds like you're trying to say that there's just no way to know whether a raped woman is to blame or not. Is that really what you mean?
If I've misunderstood any of the above, I apologize in advance.
frayluisfan
Some of the statements above are really...ahem...interesting.
In no particular order.
1. "No act is inherently evil" (don't recall who said this). Are you joking? In what society or moral code would child molestation be morally acceptable? (Yes, I know there are people who defend this abomination, but do you think such beliefs are valid?).
2. "Violence is always evil." (Jeff). I disagree, for reasons some have noted above. Violence is NOT always evil, and pacifism is not always good. This is the error of reasoning that the liberal hippies make.
3. "The outcome determines whether an act is good or evil" (zen21tao). Huh? This sounds like it's taken straight from Machiavelli, or something similar. I couldn't disagree more. This sounds suspiciously like the moral reasoning of communists--any act which advances communism is good, and any act which slows the advance of communism is wrong. Dangerous.
4. "Muslims kill their raped sisters in order to cleanse the family honor. This just proves the point." (ugaarguy). What point are you trying to demonstrate here? That such people are morally screwed up? If so, your point is well taken. But it sounds like you're trying to say that there's just no way to know whether a raped woman is to blame or not. Is that really what you mean?
If I've misunderstood any of the above, I apologize in advance.
frayluisfan