Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!mangoe From: mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate) Newsgroups: net.philosophy Subject: Re: What is morality anyways? Message-ID: <1292@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 11:12:32 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.1292 Posted: Sun Aug 18 11:12:32 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 01:35:35 EDT References: <341@aero.ARPA> <1189@umcp-cs.UUCP> <357@aero.ARPA> Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 14 At the moment I am too busy to participate in this discussion to any depth. I think that Chris is going in the right direction (even though I don't agree with his conclusions). It seems much more useful at this point to continue to consider what is characteristic about the kinds of descisions that people refer to as "moral" decisions. Is it a characteristic of grounds? Rules of inference? Motivations? Try to remember that, at this point, attacks upon definitions are quite proper; for now, "it's my definition and you'll just have to go along with it" simply won't cut it (since the goal is, after all, to try and find some common definitions which we can agree with). Charley Wingate "The punkers-- for once, they were the innocent victims."