Omphalos wrote:
> On Fri 27 Jun 2003 07:29:26p, "Édouard Dugas"
> wrote in news:sr4La.6199$Fe3.998308@news20.bellglobal.com:
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>>>>How do you know that society is moving towards a higher standard?
>>>>What is the standard by which you judge society by?
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>>Easy... you check to see if they perpetuate barbaric customs or if
>>they do away with them.
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> What determines what customs are barbaric and which ones are not?
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That is an excellent point. Each society determines what is within the
norms as they define them. The claim for some 'higher' standard of
morals is false because it is totally subjective.
Teflon
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