(June 23, 2014 at 9:37 pm)Arthur123 Wrote: Once again, Im moving from the assumption that objective morality exists. If we don't assume that, than genital mutilation, murder, ect. is morally permissible. Your question has nothing to do with the discussion. Im sorry..Here's what you are doing. You are mentioning behaviors that trigger strong negative emotional responses in most people, and then hoping that they'll accept at face value your assertion that the behaviors are intrinsically immoral.
They are not. Most people do not like mutilation and murder, and so in most cultures, these things are considered immoral. This is how the collective influence of individual mores accumulates into a cultural more.
However, there is nothing-- absolutely nothing-- which is objectively immoral. Not baby rape, not genocide, not nuclear war just for giggles.
