tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958943862723861032.post75275255242363012..comments2023-03-27T22:49:07.108+13:00Comments on Sacha Coburn: Legislating moralitySacha Coburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10334442323974398492noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958943862723861032.post-34123645999653045142010-04-22T10:08:13.118+12:002010-04-22T10:08:13.118+12:00Contemporary secularism espouses the view that ...Contemporary secularism espouses the view that 'morality' is only relative to any given situation. Good and evil are in the eye of the beholder, there is no higher moral authority than the state. Conscience, shame, guilt are dispositions of our Judea-Christian heritage and we'll have none of it. Being a slightly more evolved species than apes, the strongest of the species rule. So bestiality is cool. Whoever is the most dominant can shag a sheep or bonk a donkey as long as they don't hurt them. Having dispensed with this higher moral authority rubbish, does this give pedophiles a moral licence as long as they don't hurt children? Ok - so there is a difference between contact with animals and humans. Maybe it's because humans are moral beings after all and codes of conduct exist whether we choose to acknowledge this or not. Animals are governed by instinct and not by some kind of external or internal moral code. As long as morality exists, then moral codes of conduct also exist, just depends on who defines them. Higher infinite authority or a lower finite authority e.g the State. As individuals and as a society we walk a fine line between form and freedom and how we behave collectively will ultimate define whose authority we end up choosing to serve. Who knows, maybe some time in the future there will be those protesting the right to legally marry their pets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958943862723861032.post-34023491380919743492010-04-20T17:24:34.507+12:002010-04-20T17:24:34.507+12:00Man, you, Lula and the rest! Once again us white m...Man, you, Lula and the rest! Once again us white middle class men get it in the neck ;). Wonderful piece Sach. Wasn't aware the rules in NL had changed (I don't read so much... but it seems the image of a guy romancing a goat in front of a stalled NS passenger train has not yet left the dutch collective memory...), but having moved to the Steppes I'm no longer exposed (..) - any idea re the Kazakh take on this? (cue borat jokes)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com