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at 11 Jun 2006: 21:55
>>725
You know, it is ironic to point out that the telescope almost got Davinci burned at the stake, because it proved some of Aristotle's asumptions wrong.
>>794
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morality
Reading these, it seems like morality is about what is right and what is wrong, while ethics have more to do with customs and accepted practices. Yet when I read the page on religious ethics, it says that ethics in this context are about right vs. wrong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_in_religion
Now I'm confused.
Maybe we need to specify what kind of morality we are taling about and in what context. If you consider bestiality under a religious conext, then it is both moraly and ethicaly wrong, but what about in the context of The Enlightenment?
Should it be accepted? In what context? Accepted as a legitimate lifestyle or accepted as in tolleration?
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