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. Sincerely, Phil Enns Toronto, ON ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html