05-03-2005, 12:49 AM
Abramelin,May 2 2005, 04:56 PM Wrote:Saying that Rights and Morality can only be a human construct is philosophically wrong . Kant proved that morality is one universal value which exists above human constructs . For instance "justice " and "freedom" are universal values that exist and can exist regardless of Man .
Kant demonstrated that Nature and Morality are somehow linked and depend on each other . I'll quote him if you 're still not convinced .
Just because one philosopher says it doesn't mean it has to be true. Ther's no way to actually know whether one type of morals system is the "right" one or not, the same way peopel can't actually know whether afterlife, gods, ghosts, etc. exist or not. I personally act on the idea that Ican think for myself based on what Isee around me, and what I see around me doesn't agree with a lot of these ideas.
Abramelin,May 2 2005, 04:56 PM Wrote:Indeed , if you look at evolution of life , all past and current species are a big family . All current animal species come from a SINGLE specie at the beginning of the world . That means that animal species are brothers , including Man . Thus Man is equal to all animals and not superior .
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Not neccesarily. It really depends one how you are using "superior" and "equal". some life forms have gone extinct, so right now I'd say they are inferior because they aren't around anymore. I could also say that because people live longer than just about anything else, can get more resources then just abotu anything else, have very little natural threats (tsunamis and diseases do kill off millions, but that doesn't nearly make people extinct), so they are superior to a lot of species. Just because everythign started the same doesn't mean it ends up the same over time, and some things will probably work out better than others.
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