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From: jbf@ccieng5.UUCP (Jens Bernhard Fiederer)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Ethics vs. the Natural Order
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Date: Thu, 26-Apr-84 18:57:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 26 18:57:00 1984
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>In a system of ethics "based on the natural order," killing for no apparent
>reason would be considered the norm.  Check into Jane Goodall's (sp?) account
>of the war waged within the chimpanzee group she has spent so many years
>observing.  Do you really want to live in that kind of a society?????

The system of ethics should be based on the natural order.  I suppose that
needs a certain amount of explication.  I never said people should strive
to imitate chimpanzees.  There may be certain differences.  Most humans
do not want to live in a society of random killing (I must confess this
is pure speculation -- I have little statistical support for that statement
besides the laws against murder -- but most people do want to drive over
55 (this follows from observation on highways) and there are laws against
it anyway), so it seems natural to pass laws to protect ourselves.  This
seems natural enough to me, but entirely amoral.

Birbal
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