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Seeker · 05-27-2005, 06:33 PM

34/Female
Australian Citizen
Spiritually Agnostic
No Political View Defined
My Response: #1

I have struggled with this post since it's arrival. For the same reasons as others before me, I do not think we have an inherent right to live, even an inherant right to uphold or place any moral or ethical standpoints or conditions on anybody. However, the fact that we do this is the paradox that I see in life. I personally do not wish to see us bumping each other off because we feel like it. Also, the moral and ethical judgements we make are very useful in maintaining and perpetuating our existance. They give us both reasons and purpose for living.

05-27-2005, 06:33 PM	#9 (permalink)
Seeker Getting Clearer Location: with spirit	34/Female Australian Citizen Spiritually Agnostic No Political View Defined My Response: #1 I have struggled with this post since it's arrival. For the same reasons as others before me, I do not think we have an inherent right to live, even an inherant right to uphold or place any moral or ethical standpoints or conditions on anybody. However, the fact that we do this is the paradox that I see in life. I personally do not wish to see us bumping each other off because we feel like it. Also, the moral and ethical judgements we make are very useful in maintaining and perpetuating our existance. They give us both reasons and purpose for living. __________________ *To those who wander but who are not lost...* ~ Knowledge is not something you acquire, it is something you open yourself to.