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This survey can also be found linked to on the newswire page of the SecWeb. I don't know if it actually qualifies as activism per se, but it does get your voice heard.

Check it out!

Alonzo Fyfe

Where does one go to say that these are poorly formed questions.


(1) I believe that moral principles are (Relative/Absolute).

"Relative" is a poorly defined term here. Location, for example, is a "relative" property (you cannot give the location of anything except insofar as where it stand in relation to something else. There are no "absolute" locations in space/time. And, yet, there are right and wrong answers to questions such as, "Where are the keys to the car?" A relativist with respect to location cannot simply say, "I believe the keys are in my coat pocket," and expect the keys to magically appear there.


(2) I believe that moral principles are largely determined by genetics/environment.

Try the following question: "I believe that scientific principles are largely determined by genetics/environment". Hopefully, the answer is neither. Scientific beliefs may have some genetic or environmental explanation -- a belief, after all, is a biological state; a state of the brain. But the principles themselves? The question is nonsensical.


(3) Right and wrong are never a matter of black and white; there are many shades of gray.

How about, "I believe that right and wrong are themselves a matter of black and white, but sometimes too difficult to determine, leaving us with no practical alternative but to treat them as shades of gray."


(4) 4. I believe that people are (inherently good/inherently bad).

Inherently?

I could go on, but I'm at work. My boss would not approve. And it would be wrong for me to spend my work time in this type of activity.