From: TURTLE              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Moral philos.  
Date & Time: 05/09/91 21:30:25
Message Number 16694

>You yourself destroy that argument.
 
I certainly do not. I can see where you arrive at that conclusion,
though; you did not correctly understand the sentence which you quoted
back. That sentence supports, not demolsihes, my argument. Please go
back and re-read it.
 
Your point about the drowning child is well taken; only the Golden Rule
/mandates/ that you take action to save the child in that situation.
Obviously, none of the rules we are discussing is in and of itself a
complete moral code. You can't really put an entire system of ethics
into a single sentence; I still believe that the Wiccan effort is more
broad and hits closer to the mark than the Golden Rule, however.