(May 28, 2013 at 5:24 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Is it always morally wrong to violate the moral laws derived by the particular society a person lives in? Is it therefore not morally wrong for members from one society to murder and rape the members of another society?
My morals are based on my societal norms which means that, to me, it would be morally wrong to rape and murder anyone, regardless of society.
(May 28, 2013 at 5:24 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: So homosexuality is morally wrong in the Middle East and they are morally justified in stoning homosexuals?
From their point of view, yes.
You find this stance deplorable because of your own societal morals. I daresay that you would find their methods perfectly acceptable had you grown up in that society.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Einstein