On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:36:14 -0600, Mark A. Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 Sure. Except I'm not sure I can clearly even imagine the alternative. My understanding of existentialism would suggest an individual boldly making whatever decisions they wanted and taking responsibility for them. But I'm not sure what an "existentialist morality" would be. Peace Gilberto "pharoah is just a leaf on a burning bush" __________________________________________________ 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
