On 31 August 2005,
bsandyman@att.net wrote:
: I once read a compare and contrast on western ethical
philosophy and
: eastern, or specifically confucian (sp?) ethical
philosophy. The point
: of the comparison was that western ethics were generally
absolute. You
: do the right thing because it is the right thing to do.
This is fine as
: long as the people around you have more or less the same
notion of
: ethics and follow them.
Relativists might agree, but others wouldn't. Compare and
contrast with the Continental Op in Poisontown. He went blood
simple, as he said, and decided to bring the whole town to
its knees to clean it out. What would Confucius think about
that? I don't know. He had the right end in mind, but his
means ...
Bill
-- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : www.miskatonic.org : www.frbr.org
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