(February 23, 2009 at 8:10 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I agree that it is meaningless to the poorest people. That's not what I was arguing at all, and what you seem to have turned the debate into. The point was that it should be held as both a human right and a philosophical constant that everyone is born equal, in the sense that we are all equal as a species. This ignores wealth, political views, sexual orientation, etc.
As I pointed out before, you could argue that Quantum Mechanics is meaningless to 99% of the world's population, but it doesn't mean it doesn't effect each of us. You seem to be arguing a relative position, whereas I am arguing an absolute position. I do see your position, but I fail to see what it has to do with the philosophy of egalitarianism.
I think we've gone full circle on equality, Adrian...agreed?
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
