What IS good, and how do we determine it?

[abaris]

"the people who think this is moral are wrong."
"The people who think this is moral don't know any better."
"The people who think this is moral made a mistake."

It's about 12 hours and who knows how many pages, but here goes.

1) Yes, the people who think this is still moral are wrong, according to our society - and I'm a product of this society - and I'm in support of thinking this to be wrong. It's still not objective, since I'm a person agreeing with what my society says on that matter.

2) They didn't think this to be wrong, meaning the old societies, who had a different code of conduct and didn't have examples of handling things in a different way. Again, subjective morality of an old society that didn't stand the test of time.

3) Going by what the society we live in ingrained into ourselves, they made a mistake. And I added that I don't know what society will take as moral in another 2000 years. My views may be judged as equally wrong and full of mistakes by a coming generation.

I'm sorry, but things are constantly in motion. The only things that stood the test of time are the basic ideals, such as not to kill and not to steal. But for one, these are the very basics of creating an environment where people can live and work together. Secondly, even these basics are relative in how they were interpreted over time.