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Originally Posted by Variable
What I got from his post was a statement that just because it happened before doesn't mean it has any bearing on what's happening right now on the ground.
I don't think there was any statement there over the realativity or absolutism in the relationship between morality and modernity.
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Right. Thats his argument. My point was that merely because something doesn't conform to contemporary moral norms doesn't make it immoral without getting into a discussion of why consensus plays a role in ethical theory.