It just means that translating from another context may not be a good method for doing that.
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Replying to @fronxer
I don't know what you mean. Liberal principles can be applied consistently to same actions committed by different people.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
What determines the sameness? The definition always implies characteristics of an assumed context. Which may or may not be universal.
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Replying to @fronxer
LGBT ppl have the same right to equality & freedom from violence & oppression wherever they happen to live.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
LGBT people don't even exist in all societies. You can try and find a mapping, but that's a translation process, which doesn't always work.
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Replying to @fronxer
OK, they may not be called that but killing ppl for having sex with someone of same sex is wrong in every context.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Right—so in order to make your moral point, you had to make it more abstract. That's not surprising and is an example of what I'm saying.
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Replying to @fronxer
Are we at cross purposes? I'm not saying all cultures have the same moral values. I'm saying we shouldn't validate them all.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @fronxer
By cultural relativity, I mean saying things like 'Its wrong for a christian to discriminate against LGBTs but OK for a Muslim'
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You don't need to google! I'm explaining what I mean by the terms I'm using coz I suspect we're using them differently.
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