[ExI] Libertarianism wins again...

[Dan]

For the record, I don't believe that's what Socrates believed -- if Plato's works are any guide. It seems to me he believed there were moral truths that were discoverable by reason and that were not inventions of the gods (or God), social convention, or the state. (One need not agree with his particular moral claims here or even with his particular methods to agree with this wider point.)
 
Regards,
 
Dan
From: Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: [ExI] Libertarianism wins again...

On 7/22/2011 3:12 PM, Kelly Anderson wrote:

> Socrates made good arguments that
> what is right and wrong doesn't come from God or the state, but from
> an inner state of outrage at the criminal act.

Ah, sturdy foundations of outrage such as "Those stinking disgusting ho-mo-sex-uals make me *puke*! Get the pitch and pitchfork, Mabel!"

Damien Broderick
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