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A sidenote on moral absolutes

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A sidenote on moral absolutes
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RE: A sidenote on moral absolutes
July 21, 2012 at 8:01 pm (This post was last modified: July 21, 2012 at 8:05 pm by jonb.)
(July 21, 2012 at 10:21 am)liam Wrote: All I wished to get across was merely that all theories have their absolutes and this, it seems, is what makes them a substantial theory, thus no one theory can gain 'flexibility points' by saying that it has no moral absolutes.

Are 'flexibility points' given out on a sliding scale, or is it a simple pass fail system? I ponder 'if'* Absurdists could meat your criteria, but that's my beef.
* an excellent film about revolution in a boys school staring some actors.
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A sidenote on moral absolutes

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A sidenote on moral absolutes - by liam - July 20, 2012 at 1:53 pm
RE: A sidenote on moral absolutes - by Cato - July 20, 2012 at 8:22 pm
RE: A sidenote on moral absolutes - by genkaus - July 21, 2012 at 12:54 am
RE: A sidenote on moral absolutes - by Shell B - July 21, 2012 at 1:10 am
RE: A sidenote on moral absolutes - by Reforged - July 21, 2012 at 1:45 am
RE: A sidenote on moral absolutes - by liam - July 21, 2012 at 10:21 am
RE: A sidenote on moral absolutes - by genkaus - July 21, 2012 at 11:57 am
RE: A sidenote on moral absolutes - by liam - July 21, 2012 at 7:11 pm
RE: A sidenote on moral absolutes - by genkaus - July 22, 2012 at 10:40 am
RE: A sidenote on moral absolutes - by liam - July 22, 2012 at 4:21 pm
RE: A sidenote on moral absolutes - by genkaus - July 22, 2012 at 5:17 pm
RE: A sidenote on moral absolutes - by jonb - July 21, 2012 at 8:01 pm
RE: A sidenote on moral absolutes - by liam - July 21, 2012 at 8:04 pm
RE: A sidenote on moral absolutes - by liam - July 22, 2012 at 5:29 pm
RE: A sidenote on moral absolutes - by genkaus - July 22, 2012 at 7:32 pm
RE: A sidenote on moral absolutes - by liam - July 23, 2012 at 1:44 pm

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