Notsweet -> RE: Beyond peeve and getting to fury.... (2/5/2013 8:19:51 PM)
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ORIGINAL: xssve Interesting show on NPR, philosophy talk or some shit - anyway, today they were discussing relativism and absolutism, which pose some interesting questions, the answers to which, are often ambiguous. Many of these problems are discussed in here, where theory meets praxis, where the rubber meets the road. I personally cannot do otherwise than to establish informed consent as the cornerstone of any sort of rational absolutism; i.e., any systematic form of ethical policy that can functionally distinguish "right" from "wrong". Apparently the legal system agrees with me, so I am just reiterating a point already made, or in the making, that given we are in at least one sense, individual hermetic consciousness's (?), we differ not only externally, in our particular morphology, but in our perceptions, and our ability to communicate them, which are the evidence of consciousness. It's the price of sexual reproduction, we're all mutants, no two of us are precisely alike, it's not how nature works, evolution is like a vast and beautiful fractal equation on the macro level, like a game of backalley craps on the micro level. And, this being demonstrably the case, establishing any meaningful point of reference that forms the basis for any foundation of a moral and ethical order we can all agree upon; a socially and economically successful iterative function, one that allows us to express our consciousness, to express our thoughts freely, appears to have the greatest probability of overcoming adaptational shifts, and informed consent is the only logical second step given the kinetic character of physical reality. But yeah, given those hermetic fantasies many of us appear to inhabit, it becomes easy to rationalize this away, even if it is the cornerstone of Western civilization, so you should never hesitate to assert your natural rights. I read it twice, and yes. I agree.
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