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Re: I'm at a loss for words



Steven W. Mentzer <steve@pacificnet.net> writes:
 
>I bet that if you went to the majority of people and poised the above 
>argument, they would agree that taking the vehicle after its been 
>abandoned might in a sense be wrong (if viewed from a black vs. white 
>perspective), but in a way is acceptable.
 
Rule No. 1 of Philosophy and Ethics:
 
One cannot argue from a descriptive set of premises to reach a
normative conclusion,
 
or
 
Just because it is the way it is doesn't mean it ought to be that way,
 
or
 
Figures don't lie, but liars sure can figure.
 
 
>Right and wrong is never black and white. Especially when people like
>nathan and his other idiots define what black and white really are.
 
 
See above.
 
Right and wrong is always black and white, but it's human nature to
want to Bend it to fit one's own relativistic situation...and then
the agreements and disagreements come into play....