Gilberto, At 07:55 AM 1/30/2005, you wrote: >>I gave this a little more thought and I think that perhaps we could all agree >>that morality can be "situational" and that what is appropriate or >>inappropriate can depend on the concrete specifics of a situation, but I >>think that would still see morality as more objective and in some respects >>prior to a prophet, while both of you would see morality as very much >>dependent on the Manifestation.<<
That would be my view, yes. However, I assume you believe in contextualizing some sort of timeless (?) essentialist morality >>I'm more likely to say that the prophets command X because X is right. While >>I think both of you would say that X is right because the Manifestation >>commands X.<< Right, that is how I see it. Regards, Mark A. Foster • http://markfoster.net • [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger." ---- Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
