Jean-Louis Tu <[log in to unmask]>:
<< each of us had different axioms. Ethics cannot be
 justified by instinct/evolutionary biology or anything else, because
 each society introduces rules, some of which being arbitrary, and even
 contradicting the instinct in some way.   think that people dreaming of
universal ethics have an unrealistic  view of the world, and have too much
self-esteem: generally, the values that are praised (liberty, equality,...)
are the western ones
 (as if we were closer to perfection than "barbaric" civilizations).

Hmmm.  Ayn Rand DID write an objective philosophy based on axiomatic trute,
encompassing everything from metaphysics thru politicis & esthetics.  ANYONE
ON THIS LIST CONSIDER THEMSELVES A STUDENT OF OBJECTIVISM?  OR KNOW ANYONE
WHO DOES?

 >and my accent does not go through).

Sometimes it does~!  ;-)

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