Midnight in the Kindergarten of Good and Evil

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Midnight in the Kindergarten of Good and Evil -- Asia Times Online

Is morality possible without religion? Since German philosopher Immanuel Kant offered a "what-if-everybody-did" rule in 1788, modern philosophers have cracked their skulls against the problem without success. Kant's rule requires you to tell the truth at all times, for example, when a pederast inquires as to your child's route home from grade school. It was not a popular idea.

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