[geeks] Re: [rescue] It's official, the U.S. is screwed for 4 more years

Brian Dunbar brian.dunbar at plexus.com
Tue Nov 9 10:39:31 CST 2004


On Nov 9, 2004, at 10:32 AM, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, Brian Dunbar wrote:
>
>> Morals are not, in my opinion, relative.  There things that are right 
>> and wrong, good and bad.
>
> That would be the difference between morals and ethics.  Ethics are
> what are generally considered absolute and morals are generally
> relative.  Good laws are based on ethics, and leave morals for personal
> interpretation and governance.

Point taken, thank you for clarifying that.

~brian



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