Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 6/4/83; site PSUVM.BITNET Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!mhuxv!mhuxh!mhuxi!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!whuxlm!akgua!psuvax1!psuvm!v6m From: V6M@PSUVM.BITNET Newsgroups: net.women,net.religion.christian,net.religion Subject: types of moral acts Message-ID: <1571V6M@PSUVM> Date: Thu, 7-Feb-85 16:25:55 EST Article-I.D.: PSUVM.1571V6M Posted: Thu Feb 7 16:25:55 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 07:21:54 EST Lines: 26 Xref: watmath net.women:4414 net.religion.christian:169 net.religion:5539 <<>> Wonder of wonders!!!! I may be in agreement,slightly, with Rosen. Actually a second time since I said that censorship of porn was untenable but not intrinsically evil. It turns out that human acts can be: BAD GOOD or neutral. Now say something exists. I can destroy it or I can build upon it or I can leave it alone. It is true that some moral philosphers claim neutrality is impossible, but the accepted mainstream line is that the third possiblity is valid. What about Jeff Sargeant's points.. Well Constructive is positive agreed! Destructive is negative agreed! But LEAVE ALONE is neutral and is allowed for when one says that something is neither destructive nor constructive. By the way the principle of double effect often rears its head with neutral actions. Marchionni