Re: in a quandry

["John Davis" <johnd at antioch-college_edu>]

Well said, Don, as always.

Wes, when you bring up "natural law", you're asking for a philosophical
discussion. The term means something very specific - it's a term that
refers to moral absolutes that everyone is beholden to because the law is
"natural" - i.e., knowledge of it is with you when you're born. 

Regardless, all the arguments you're making don't wash. Basically you're
arguing that because copying digitial music is easy, this makes it moral.
Most religious traditions stand against you there, since the majority of
them agree that the moral thing is usually more difficult and involving
more work than the immoral thing. Yoda also agrees with this principle -
the quick and easy path leads to the Dark Side. Darth Vader was digitized,
and look where it got him.

- John

John Paul Davis
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Antioch College
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