RE: Atheists only vote please: Do absolute MORAL truths exist? Is Rape ALWAYS "wr...
October 30, 2014 at 7:14 pm
How deep down the rabbit hole do you want to go?
Is rape always wrong? Applied to moral agents, I'd have a tough time saying no - except that the moral wrongness of rape appears to be a product of our social structure. It certainly has not been viewed as universally wrong at all times, so I'd have to say it's subjective.
However, in the context of absolute, universal morality, I'd have to include entities that aren't moral agents, and the water gets even murkier.
I'm sticking with no.
Is rape always wrong? Applied to moral agents, I'd have a tough time saying no - except that the moral wrongness of rape appears to be a product of our social structure. It certainly has not been viewed as universally wrong at all times, so I'd have to say it's subjective.
However, in the context of absolute, universal morality, I'd have to include entities that aren't moral agents, and the water gets even murkier.
I'm sticking with no.