If we're going to throw out all the flawed human institutions, nothing will be left, including your ideas. I don't have to look beyond my immediate family to see the injustices that our system has allowed, but "good" isn't the same as "perfect." Argue better, please.
On 7/19/09, John Williams <jwilliams4...@gmail.com> wrote: > Limiting myself to the US, and just listing a few incidents that come to > mind: > > Indian Removal Act > Legal slavery > Jim Crow laws > Coverture > Japanese American internment > Joseph McCarthy > Richard Nixon > > I think that any system of ethics that equates legality with doing > what is right, that holds that the majority opinion is by definition > good, or that suggests that elected politicians rule justly, has a lot > of explaining to do about the incidents in this list (not to mention > numerous others not in the list). > > I tend to consider ethical points on their own merits. Of course, this > requires more thought than to simply assume law and majority opinion > is always right. > > _______________________________________________ > http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com > > _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
