tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post113419453031396762..comments2024-03-28T12:34:14.649-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: A Letter from Will MartinVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-1134404328618347312005-12-12T09:18:00.000-07:002005-12-12T09:18:00.000-07:00I've often gotten the impression that the Stoic ph...I've often gotten the impression that the Stoic philosophers, by and large (across the Early, Middle and Late Stoas), were strong proponents of moral objectivity, even when they weren't approaching monotheism per se. Can anyone here confirm, disconfirm, add qualification/details?<BR/><BR/>To this, I suppose one should add numerous Chinese philosophers (particularly of the Confucian schools).<BR/><BR/>One supposes that the authorities (and their philosophical allies) whom Socrates reportedly had his Euthyphro Dialogue about, were proponents of moral objectivism while also being certainly polytheistic (not even henotheistic). (Socrates was criticising their reference to the pantheon for a grounding of objective morality.)Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.com