(February 26, 2015 at 7:29 pm)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: By the by, by your definitely whether fgm is immoral or not depends on the intention of the mutilator doesn't it? So if they do it with good intentions...Oooo, excellent rejoinder and skillfully done. But at least in this case I do have an answer: the motive is utterly insane. It's based upon bogus notions of "sexual purity" completely based on unproven assertions regarding the existence of deities and the wills thereof.
Quote:How about circumcision. Is it immoral to hold down a screaming newborn and lop off a part of his little chapIt should be the choice of the child when they are old enough to understand that choice.
Quote:As far as I can tell, moral relativism is amorality. If morality is simply opinion, what is the difference between that and amorality?
Nope. That would be amorality. That's like saying "if you compare student grades to each other, all grades are equal.
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