03-29-2011, 03:36 PM
Hi,
A common fault in these types of discussions is to hold people of the past accountable to our present morality and fault them for their failure to live up to a moral code that they never ascribed to. And to compare moral codes is, ultimately, a foolish thing. Most moral codes are a mixture of superstition, prejudice, and pragmatism.
Human failures are funny things; the more remote, the more clearly seen. We have no problem seeing the evils committed throughout history and the wrongdoings of distant rulers. But we seem be blind to much of our own evils and wrongdoings.
--Pete
A common fault in these types of discussions is to hold people of the past accountable to our present morality and fault them for their failure to live up to a moral code that they never ascribed to. And to compare moral codes is, ultimately, a foolish thing. Most moral codes are a mixture of superstition, prejudice, and pragmatism.
Human failures are funny things; the more remote, the more clearly seen. We have no problem seeing the evils committed throughout history and the wrongdoings of distant rulers. But we seem be blind to much of our own evils and wrongdoings.
--Pete
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