Hi Bill #231, There are well-known statements of contradiction - "everything I say is untrue" "I will not tolerate intolerance" "The silence is deafening" and so on. You can add "I will impose the rule of non-imposition on everybody" if you like.
If you want to call non-imposition of morals on another person an Absolute Truth, you are free to do so. I said that one person's morals should not be imposed, not that that each of us is obligated not to impose our morals. (As I said above, when I refer to morals in this discussion I am doing so in only the context of the abortion issue, not morals in general) This comes in part from the desire for harmonious relations in the community.
If we instead have what we might call "Anarchy of the Imposition of Morals", I suggest that we might have a less harmonous and more divisive community. A case of "live and let live" rather than "you will abide by my morals; no, get lost". You are aware of sectarian conflict/violence - look at the Middle East. Look at Rawanda in 1994. The seeds of conflict/violence may sometimes be imposition of one person's morals/opinion on another person. Maybe consider your Golden Rule - don't do unto others what you wouldn't have them do to you (this is the correct way to say it). Learn from your Saviour.
I would like to expand my comments as they relate to morals and the issue of abortion by considering the following scenario of three people.
Person1 - a pregnant female who belongs to a religion and who lives in a community of people mostly of her religion. This religion allows early-term abortion and makes no issue of any early-term abortion that occurs.
Person2 - a member of a different religion who lives in a community of people mostly of this different religion; this community is geograhically distant from the first. This religion allows abortion in very few, if any, circumstances.
Person3 - a member of no religion who lives in a free-thinking community where religion is kept private. This community generally allows mid-term abortion, discourages late-term abortion but does not make it illegal.
So in the case where Person1 is deciding whether or not to proceed with an early-term abortion. Whose morals - Person1, Person2 or Person3 - should she follow? Should the morals of the either of other two be imposed or enforced on Person1? rgds, igr