Exactly, EvF. I don't believe that Hitler was bad in the same way as I believe that water is composed of two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom. However, I would argue from my own moral presuppositions that Hitler was bad, and that we have to say he was bad, or that doing what he did is bad, otherwise society would fall apart, and we would have no way of dealing with conflicting interests in life.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
