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- From: bboerner@novell.com (Brendan B. Boerner)
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- Subject: Re: Religious Right
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.220829.15155@novell.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 22:08:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.210540.24041@news.vanderbilt.edu> rickertj@athena.cas.vanderbilt.edu (John Rickert) writes:
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- > Tim Irvin apparently argues that people should be allowed to do
- >whatever they want, provided they don't hurt others, (or presumably
- >do not use fraud). This is precisely the position taken by Andre Marrou,
- >and I can get a reference if you like. But you're forgetting something:
- >to say that such and such "should" be allowed is to advance a moral
- >position. It is just as moralistic as a morality that calls for
- >prohibition of an action. Permissions and prohibitions differ in
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- Sort of like anarchy is a type of government?
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- Brendan
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