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Originally Posted by Bulgaroctonus
I need to put more thought into what you're saying. I can't reply concisely at this time because it deserves serious attention.
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But man is inseperable from the universe at large. He is made of the same particles and obeys the same laws. I don't understand how a division between man and nature can be made, except on the most superficial levels.
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The law of identity, as has been said before states that something not only has an identity but that something can not be what it is not. This means that man has a specific identity. Something that differentiates it from all other living things, and inanimate matter in general. So what it is it that man possesses that other living things do not possess? The answer: a volitional and rational consciousness. Man does not have instincts, we have to chose among options, which leaves open the possibility that we may chose incorrectly. Since we are all alive and we wish to remain so, we need a code to live by. A code that promotes our own lives. Since the law of non-contradiction tells us that we can not both be acting morally and immorally in the same respect and at the same time, a single act can either be life affirming, or self destructive.
This is the foundation of morality, as you can see, what is life affirming is objective. It has nothing to do with what we think is life affirming, but with what truly is.