[lit-ideas] Re: Inner Moral Law
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:23:46 -0400
> [Original Message]
> From: Phil Enns <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 7/31/2005 4:26:36 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Inner Moral Law
>
> Andy Amago wrote:
>
> "Therefore, it's the moral law that keeps society functioning, not the,
> still alleged, inner moral law."
>
> Where does this moral, or external, law come from? The obvious
> paragraph for the Yanks begins with "We hold these truths to be
> self-evident ..." If an inner moral law is only alleged, then the rest
> of the paragraph, and in fact the notion of law, is problematic.
>
>
Experience can teach us what works and what doesn't. That which works over
time to enhance happiness becomes a self evident truth. For example, way
back in the time of Moses sexual rights were sorted out in the society's
best interests. Likewise random killing could not be tolerated. There is
a reason the Ten Commandments are called commandments, not appeals to an
inner sense of what's good. I think none of the Declaration of
Independence is about morality. Only about creating a climate that would
be conducive to the greater good of white men.
Andy Amago
> Sincerely,
>
> Phil Enns
> Toronto, ON
>
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