tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post114023490351231256..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Prisoner Abuse and InspectionsAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1140453423719339922006-02-20T09:37:00.000-07:002006-02-20T09:37:00.000-07:00DNAThe relationship between morality and what will...<B>DNA</B><BR/><BR/>The relationship between morality and what will work out best for us all is not an accident, but a necessary connection.<BR/><BR/>Morality is the promotion of those desires that will tend to fulfill other desires, and the demotion of desires that tend to thwart other desires.<BR/><BR/>In just the same way, morality is universal. If you take "us all" out of the equation, then what you have is no longer morality. If you take "us all" out of the equation, then the Holocaust can be moral.<BR/><BR/>You can no more have an example of morality that is not concerned with "us all" then you can have an example of non-metaphorical sense of cooking that is not involved with preparing food.Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1140239094585342232006-02-17T22:04:00.000-07:002006-02-17T22:04:00.000-07:00Thanks! I had wondered what your response would be...Thanks! I had wondered what your response would be to many of these issues. All very sound and sensible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com