Theos-Talk Archives (July 2006 Message tt00175)

Friends, 

I'll have to think about that (see below) 

HPB wrote that a certain slice of Western Ethics --  the Ethics of superficiality --  is often expressed by the following pseudo principle: "While  being unethical, avoid being detected and punished for that".


Yet in the case of Algeo and the "scholars" who circulate "mixed facts and slanders for people to choose" -- they have been overdoing their "job".   

An overdose is an overdose.


On the other hand, I do believe there are thousands of decent scholars around the world. Imperfect, but honest.   I have a reasonable knowledge about that. 

There is a authentic Ethical tradition in the West: Kant, Rousseau, Tolstoy and others, not to mention the classic philosophers. 

As to Sidgwick, he wrote a long book on Ethics, but to justify his moral relativism (Utilitarianism) which is also very popular in the West. 

Regards,  Carlos Cardoso Aveline  






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