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  2. From: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.callahans
  4. Subject: Re: God and Science:  The Ramblings of The Nightstalker
  5. Date: 18 Nov 1992 00:11:41 GMT
  6. Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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  9. Message-ID: <1ec1ntINNc29@gap.caltech.edu>
  10. References: <1992Nov12.141404.5821@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Nov17.012155.27920@news.Hawaii.Edu> <1ea09rINNolh@gap.caltech.edu>,<1992Nov17.174943.3622@data-io.com>
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  14. In article <1992Nov17.174943.3622@data-io.com>, li@Data-IO.COM (Phyllis Rostykus) writes:
  15. =>Well, if we're going to argue by analogy without presenting arguments as to why
  16. =>the analogies might be valid, try this one:
  17. =>    I believe injecting 22 units of insulin every morning is good, but it
  18. =>    might not be good for somebody else.
  19. =>OK, now we've got one analogy proving that moral relativism is silly, and one
  20. =>analogy proving that moral relativism is well-grounded.
  21. =>
  22. =>Either that or we've got an example of why arguing by analogy doesn't work.
  23. =
  24. =Liralen giggles, "Especially when neither analogy contains a moral situation."
  25.  
  26. StM says, "Oh, I dunno about that.  I don't think it would be very moral of me
  27. to go around injecting everyone in sight with 22 units of insulin every
  28. morning.  It works for me.  That doesn't mean I should try to force it on
  29. everyone."
  30.