Danes feel Obama is greater than Jesus

[--Pete]

Hi,

Of course, people also discovered fire and invented the wheel long time ago and we still used it....you know what I meant. I don't go around and declare war after having read the illiad.

I do. :whistling:

But before going on, I should probably know your definition of morality.

Well, I guess I should start by saying that I distinguish between 'morals' and 'ethics'. The difference between them is more in connotation than in denotation, so let me explain. Morals have a connotation of 'virtue' and 'holiness' while 'ethics' have more to do with 'fairness' and 'honesty'. Morals are often based on authority, usually religious. Ethics are based on common sense, logic, rational behavior. Note that the two are not contradictory. Indeed there is a lot of overlap.

And before I get nitpicked, yes, I am using 'ethics' in the sense of 'applied ethics' and not in the strict sense of a branch of philosophy.

--Pete