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Old 08-08-2006, 12:12 PM
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Default Re: Evil without religion?

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Originally Posted by danielpalos
I agree with roddy, when he states that Evil is a merely a label (in the form of a subjective value judgment.)

Good and evil, are too subjective to be useful as a metric. Ethics are much simpler.
This idea was discussed at some length here:

http://www.uspoliticsonline.com/foru...ad.php?t=23272

if you're interested
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