Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Situational ethics says that there are not moral absolutes.
Situational measure says that there are not unit-absolutes.

Time for some assumptions: existence, God, reason (and if I make any more let me know)

The main point here is the meter. A meter is always the same length. Always. It is not a meter if it is shorter or longer. It would be ridiculous to call something shorter than a meter a meter. It would be ridiculous to call something longer than a meter a meter. The only thing that you can truthfully call a meter long must be a meter long.

Situational measure says that isn't true. That sometimes, something less than a meter long can still be a meter. That sometimes, something more than a meter long can be a meter. Or, maybe it says that it isn't really a meter, but we'll call it one anyway.

The main point here is the law. The law is always the same. Always. It is not a law if it allows itself to be broken. It would be ridiculous to say that breaking the law is not breaking the law. It would be ridiculous to say that failing to keep the law actually is keeping the law. The only thing that you can truthfully call keeping the law is keeping the law. To keep the law, you must keep the law.

Situational ethics says that isn't true. That sometimes, something less than keeping the law can still be keeping the law. That sometimes, breaking the law is still keeping the law. Or, maybe it says that it isn't really keeping the law, but we'll say that it is anyway.

This is all about standards. The standard for heaven is keeping the law. You can't get into heaven unless you keep the law. You can't get into heaven unless you're a meter long. Situational measure says that you can get into heaven even if your not a meter long. Situational ethics says that you can get into heaven even if you don't keep the law.

What is the point in having standards if they aren't absolute standards. What is the point of having a law if you aren't going to enforce it? And if you're only going to enforce it sometimes, how can you be just? You can't. A law must be upheld absolutely if it is to be upheld at all. A meter must be absolutely one meter long if it is to be any use.

I'm having way to many thoughts, but I'll try to tie them together.

"I am the way, the truth, and the light. No man comes to the Father but through me."

That is an absolute statement. But situational ethics denies that statement. If what is wrong is sometimes right, isn't it then possible to do wrong and get into heaven? But that isn't possible, you can't do wrong and get into heaven. Therefor, situational ethics must say that doing wrong is actually right. Meaning, it is always right. If truth is ever false, it is not truth. If a meter is ever less than a meter, it is not a meter. If I am ever less than perfect, I am not perfect. If anything matters, everything matters. If you say one thing is absolute, it must mean that everything is absolute.

I was writing this up for the situational ethics thread, but I really don't think it will do much good there, all I really want is a writeup of my thoughts on that subject, and putting it here is more lasting. It feels really discombobulated and disoriented, but what the heck, this is my journal, it's not like anybody is reading it.

2 comments:

  1. If you make a choice in order to further something, there is a standard for when we've furthered it....when we're closer to an absolute. Good post Micah, you laid out the fact that the answer is so painfully obvious.

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  2. Thanks. And, yeah, I'm kinda preaching to the choir here, but I needed somewhere to write it down.

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