Ding! Okay, you've illuminated another of the points that bothered me but I couldn't quite put my finger on. Thank you. Yes, I noticed that there's only "more good" and "more evil" in Sparks' model, because he comes right out and says exactly that, but the problem is the juxtaposition of that with absolutist language. He's trying to have his cake and eat it too.
So it doesn't quite work for an absolutist or for a hardcore relativist, and it doesn't even work for someone like me, who sees absolutism, relativism, and moral-indifference as distinct domains which each apply to different sets of acts. (Oh, I've phrased that badly. I'll have to try to flesh it out some other time.)
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So it doesn't quite work for an absolutist or for a hardcore relativist, and it doesn't even work for someone like me, who sees absolutism, relativism, and moral-indifference as distinct domains which each apply to different sets of acts. (Oh, I've phrased that badly. I'll have to try to flesh it out some other time.)