... that such principles are too abstract to be measured by reason, thus can't be expected by anyone to follow as guidelines. Universality in reason and ethics, according to Hegel, doesn't come from within a person, but through a combination of ideas and experiences over time that are built into society and ... already lost said faith "precisely because it has always existed," to begin with. He points out that if Abraham were using Hegelistic philosophy, then Abraham would have been tempted to go against his moral absolute, God's request that would ultimately leads to Abrahams betterment, an...

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