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Poll: Universal moral truths exist
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Atheists only vote please: Do absolute MORAL truths exist? Is Rape ALWAYS "wrong"?
RE: Atheists only vote please: Do absolute MORAL truths exist? Is Rape ALWAYS "wr...
(February 19, 2015 at 7:52 pm)The Reality Salesman Wrote: I think there's some confusion over what's intended here by the use of the word "objective" within this context.

Something can be objectively wrong if the process you use to come to that conclusion is logical, supported by evidence, and free of fallacy. If one is objective in the process of how they come to know what they are claiming to be true, there's nothing wrong with using it to describe the epistemological process as objective in that sense. I believe this to be the best application of the word.

I am not using it ontologically by any means. I'm not saying there is one answer to a moral question in any absolute sense of the word at all.
There can be several objectively right answers to a question of morality just like there can be objectively wrong ones. I believe the goal here is to settle on at least one answer that can be identified as objectively right.

The title of thread asks for absolute moral truths, " Is rape always wrong", To me that would imply one objective answer to the question. In my own morality I can't fathom a situation where it would be moral but that doesn't mean there aren't people who can and do.
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RE: Is Rape ALWAYS "wrong"? - by Surgenator - October 31, 2014 at 12:29 am
RE: Atheists only vote please: Do absolute MORAL truths exist? Is Rape ALWAYS "wr... - by Mr.wizard - February 19, 2015 at 8:08 pm

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