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Animals the moral equivalent of humans?
basis of morality
You asked, "what is the basis for morality?"
The basis doesn't matter. You can believe in a higher power or not. You can believe in evolution or not. All you have to believe is in the ethical principle that we ought not to cause unnecessary harm to others.
- ElaineVigneault
September 16, 2008 12:10PM
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Don't forget
Morality is subjective. What's moral in one culture is not necessarily moral in another. So whose morals are right? My morals say it's OK to eat animals . You may disagree, but it doesn't make you right.
- LagerHead
June 17, 2009 8:12AM
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