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Originally Posted by TimMason
But the conversations are always embedded in social relationships, whether real or imagined. They are always local.
Because of this, the attempt to distinguish between local and universal is bound to fail. When we attempt to posit a universal rule, or to identify a universal basis for rules, we are stepping outside the realm of the possible.
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I can agree with that. A persons morality is relative to the local conversation he is a part of. It may be interesting to define "local" in that context.
Also, does that imply that morality is a group effect? And there is no morality for a singular individual?
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