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Bill Bartlett <[log in to unmask]>
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The philosophy, work & influences of Noam Chomsky
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Tue, 5 Oct 1999 01:31:39 +1100
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Martin William Smith wrote:

>>From the Collins English dictionary:
>
>objective: 1. existing independently of perception or of an
>individual's conceptions. 2. undistorted by emotion or personal
>bias. 3. of or relating to actual and external phenomena as opposed to
>thoughts, feelings, etc.
>
>consistent: 1.showing consistency; not self-contradictory. 2. in
>agreement or harmony, accordant.
>
>I mean both.

How can morality exist independent of a person't conceptions? Morality is
pure thought, an abstract concept.

You mean consistent.

Bill Bartlett
Bracknell tas.

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