Jumping in, in the middle, the following is quite accurate, with one subtle modification [evil] -> {other} :
Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > Yes, this is exactly what I mean. I could be the most rational > of people and still consistently hold the evil views I have > described (for the sake of argument, of course!), because good > and evil. You cannot "prove" that a moral axiom is correct or > incorrect, nor can you assume that it will be self-evident to > everyone else just because it appears so to you. What you can > do is try to persuade by appealing to the emotions, bringing up > your children to share your values, identifying and minimising > the factors in society which lead to [evil] {other} behaviour, > and so on: in other words, what people have always tried to do. > > -Stathis Papaioannou James Rose