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If there are no moral absolutes...? Pt. II?
Who is to decide what is right and what is wrong if there are no moral absolutes? And don't tell me 'SOCIETY" because the Nazis were a 'society" and look what they decided what was right and what was wrong. Syria (Assyria) is a society and look what they just decided what was right and what was wrong. If you tell me that you "know what is moral and what is not," then you have just told me that you have figured this out and that everyone else is wrong. So, if there are no moral absolutes and no one designer of morality to answer to, then where do you draw your morally superior standards of morality and perspective of judgement from?
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- Anonymous8 years agoFavorite Answer
There are moral absolutes. They exist.
The Nazis were wrong. Look into the eyes of the most evil; even they know that they are wrong and immoral. A guilty, sneaky look.
Right and wrong exist. They Are. They are a Fact.
- ?Lv 68 years ago
Morality is absolute. Morality is solely derived through utility. Moral disputes are only the result of incomplete information and restricted foresight, however morality remains absolute without a creator, just as mathematics remains absolute even though many problems remain unsolved and subject to debate.
- Anonymous8 years ago
"Who is to decide what is right and what is wrong if there are no moral absolutes?"
We do.
Nearly EVERY single advancement towards morality (I.E: ceasing native genocide, freeing the slaves and women’s suffrage) was OPPOSED by the church and Christian organizations.
“Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told.
Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.”
There is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so… Bill Shakespeare.
Good-bad/right-wrong are in the eyes of the beholder.
I think Circumcision is barbaric - others don't.
I think Death Penalty is barbaric - others don't.
I think Child Marriage is barbaric - others don't.
I think Genital Mutilation is barbaric - others don't.
I think ALL Consenting Adults should have Equal Rights - others don't.
See?
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- Anonymous8 years ago
Situational ethics are usually used to disprove moral absolutes. But there are moral absolutes and I didn't figure them out, I found them in Gal 5:22-23. Tell me in what situation any of these would ever be immoral?
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law." (Gal 5:22-23)
- torpex2002Lv 78 years ago
Society.
That's right, the nazis decided what was right for their society.
Other societies decided to intervene because they disagreed.
It really isn't rocket science.
- ?Lv 78 years ago
societies do determine morals.
the global society determined that the nazi society was morally wrong, and destroyed it.
- ?Lv 68 years ago
If killing children is always absolutely immoral, why did your god kill so many?
So either your god is immoral or morals are relative, take your pick.
- Anonymous8 years ago
So mean YOU can and will decide, correct?
Your argument is basically just the church demanding more money.Nothing more.
-atheist American
