(October 20, 2018 at 11:22 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(October 20, 2018 at 8:40 pm)bennyboy Wrote: When I say rape is wrong (and I do), I recognize it as a shorthand: I don't like rape due to my feelings, and I know that the majority of people in my social environment don't like rape due to their feelings, and so we say it's wrong. We have a social contract to stand against it, and to punish those caught doing it.Another subjective appraisal. You don't like rpe due to your feelings, and other people don't like rape..so, wrong. I'm still wondering, though..if there's anything about rape that makes it wrong, in your opinion? Not you and your feels. Rape.
As I said, I call it wrong in coordination with others, but I don't think that anything, including rape, is intrinsically wrong. Or, to generalize, there's nothing in particular about causing any type of pain or harm which is intrinsically wrong, unless a feeling agent decides to care about that harm.
I can prove this pretty easily. Hands up vegetarians.