Thread: Moral Absolutes
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Old 06-12-2007, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by SRoper View Post
So what I gather is someone can consistantly make the truth claim that there are no moral absolutes as long as he doesn't require anyone else to believe it.

Caleb, "if a claim is made *about* morality then it is a moral claim" is exactly what is in question.



Isn't that exactly what people do anyway?
Just because they do it doesn't make it logically or morally coherent. This is the part of the debate where you pull out a baseball bat, stipulate that there is no morality, and then start hitting the guy. He will get the point after a while.
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