(May 30, 2013 at 6:26 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote:(May 28, 2013 at 5:35 pm)Baalzebutt Wrote: 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.
Are people allowed to adopt their own system of morals? Do we have the right to punish someone for murdering or raping another person?
SOCIETIES are certainly allowed to adopt their own morals and norms. And yes, we have the right to punish them because that is our societal norm.
(May 28, 2013 at 5:35 pm)Baalzebutt Wrote: From their point of view, yes.
(May 30, 2013 at 6:26 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: So to you this sentence is impossible, “The entire society willfully condoned the moral atrocities committed by their government”?Not at all. That is entirely possible. I'm not saying that makes it right, but it still makes it acceptable, from their point of view, within their society.
Is it morally wrong for someone to disagree with the social norms of the society they live in?
There is not a society on Earth that doesn't have moral dissenters. That doesn't make them morally wrong, but it does make them moral outsiders.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Einstein