tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202612581281976313.post3192739237963092263..comments2023-08-08T06:16:24.306-07:00Comments on Super Vidoqo: The Morally Relative RightVidoqohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15752427467116421393noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202612581281976313.post-42322383237994840342010-02-25T16:32:19.933-08:002010-02-25T16:32:19.933-08:00No, actually. There are absolutely things that ha...No, actually. There are absolutely things that happen absolutely - well, at least to an incredibly high degree of certitude. We call these things laws. Your comment seems to reflect what I was trying to describe as the misunderstanding of the difference between morals being relative to human thought and true moral relativism, which is people acting as if "anything goes" because "everything is relative". And I've yet to meet anyone who abides by the latter.<br /><br />Morality, however, deals with what we OUGHT to do, not what happens. So you certainly feel an emotional response when a loved one is threatened. That is real, can be described and measured. But how one acts in response is based on a set of beliefs or life experiences that guides one this or that direction.<br /><br />So you or I might punch them in the face, someone else might run, or try and talk them out of it. There can be absolute results of each of our actions (although often times we won't have enough information for a reliable prediction), and action will produce a specific set of reactions. <br /><br />But whatever course we determine best will always be based on a definite set of optimal outcomes, not on any sort of absolute morality. In my view, religions evolved out of man's attempt to create an absolute morality out of his own innate and culturally derived human expectations. This would account for why, in the world religions, you see general agreement on the big moral issues, and tremendous diversity in the particulars.Vidoqohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15752427467116421393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202612581281976313.post-37422143807470118392010-02-25T14:36:49.182-08:002010-02-25T14:36:49.182-08:00"Even if an absolute existed..." you mea..."Even if an absolute existed..." you mean like the absolute nature of death? <br /><br />Also if a loved one of yourse was being held by someone you were near, would you use any means possible to free that love one? <br /><br />Maybe harsh language, maybe moderation?Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11666188317684595414noreply@blogger.com