Author's Bias | Interpretation: conservative

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Human Authority

Many have attempted to establish an objective moral standard with a legitimate human derived authority.

The futility of establishing a moral standard

For example, governments based on:

dictatorship,

sovereignty,

representation,

or utilitarianism,

have all attempted to establish or enforce a particular moral standard.


But they all have failed, because everyone can challenge the legitimacy of the authority;

they all are impeachable.



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