RE: Russia embraces religious intolerance with draconian blasphemy and anti-gay laws
June 18, 2013 at 7:40 pm
(June 18, 2013 at 6:59 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote:(June 18, 2013 at 4:52 pm)Psykhronic Wrote: I don't know if it is right for sure. But societies do seem to make their own moralities.
Why DOES it make rape okay?
It seems we have to options here, either…
1. Rape is always wrong, no matter when or where it is committed.
OR
2. Rape is only wrong if a society (or people) deems it wrong.
Your relativistic definition logically leads to the second option, however you seem to be hinting at or acting like the first option is what is true, I’d agree with that, but in an atheistic universe I do not see how you can demonstrate that the first option is in fact true. Does that make sense?
But I do not think what society deems right and wrong makes something absolutely right and wrong - i merely believe that people create morality. Hence, morals are relative. But we can still analyze those morals and the justification for the morals. For example - Where do they come from? What purpose do they serve? Do people within society actually benefit from a particular moral stance?
Rape leads to all sorts of problems - what purpose does rape have in any universe, atheistic or otherwise?
