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« on: June 18, 2010, 08:44:31 PM »

     No, because nothing is inherently good. Things are only good within a certain paradigm. It just so happens that we all accept certain ideas (that human rights is a good idea, for example) because it is clearly to our advantage to do so.
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« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2010, 11:45:09 PM »

     No, because nothing is inherently good. Things are only good within a certain paradigm. It just so happens that we all accept certain ideas (that human rights is a good idea, for example) because it is clearly to our advantage to do so.

How are things within a certain paradigm. In any event I will conclude this lesson my stating "mankind routinely attach's qaulitys to abstract princples, and sometimes even objects, and thus i must ask what is the meaning of a flower?" Finally for further reading I suggest someone read up on the naturalistic fallacy, moral skeptcism, and G.E moore.

     Paradigms are essentially the sets of principles held in high regard by certain ideological groups. You have the libertarian paradigm, the nationalist paradigm, &c. However, there are certain principles that are held as good by most (if not all) groups, due to their universal appeal. For example, everybody holds that murder is bad, principally because people would like to not be murdered.
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« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2010, 01:57:11 PM »

     But to say it depends misses the point, which is to question whether it ever makes sense for a political principle to be held as all-overriding. I would suggest looking at it as "can political principles be inherently good?"
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