On Nov 7, 2006, at 2:35 PM, Alexanian, Moorad wrote:
> I think there is a fundamental difference between laws like "Speed
> Limit 60 mph" and "Thou should not steal." Surely, Communists and
> Nazis have their "moral" laws that are arbitrary and certainly do
> not apply to them. That is a typical feature of man-made laws,
> whereas true moral laws are two-edged swords that cut both ways.
What other laws other than man made laws do there exist? Natural law
does not even necessarily take the form of absolutes. For instance
'thou shall not kill' still allows for self defense, warfare etc. The
communists and Nazis have moral laws that in many way are not
different from the Christian laws that led to the demise of millions.
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