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Groups determine judgements

Submitted by CT on Tue, 04/03/2007 - 8:27am.

Yet I feel like certain things can be judged. Selfishness, for instance, can exist regardless of morality. A value judgment on selfishness is another matter.

It is a theme that seems to reoccur with Howards End and On Beauty - qualities can always exist, but how we judge these values depends on how society values it. Obligations are valued in a societal aspect. Evolution is an aggregate activity. It is the group, not the individuals, that determines how we judge things. The individual's judgment is influenced by the group.

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