cher@ihlpm.UUCP (cherepov) (04/11/85)
-- > Again, my argument is *not* "might makes right" but "society *defines* > right." I say that no action is *intrinsically* right or wrong, it is > only right or wrong as defined within society and/or the person performing > the action. > Muffy Oh, but his theory of superiority was a bogus one. Given willingness you can go out and collect scientific data to prove it wrong. Sure, it might become moral to kill off "low-grade" humans, but you would need a proof that they are indeed inferior and vicious. No such thing in Nazis' case. It was a case of self-deception and intellectual dishonesty based on wishful thinking. I do not think that a society can indefinitely thrive on self- deception. Indeed, it would be forced to restrain scientific work for fear of destruction of society's foundations. Your last paragraph looks correct to me but I can not imagine that self-deception would ever be declared a virtue, so Hitler could never be considered right in that respect, even by society that approves of his methods. "What methods?" would interject Black at that point Mike Cherepov P.S. Hm, what does that have to do with religion?