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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: E who wrote (40669)6/17/1999 12:34:00 AM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (3) of 108807
 
Just for argument's sake, who is the "we" who would all agree that molesting children (I assume you mean sexually molesting) is immoral? And why would we agree on this? In some cultures having sexual relations with children is/was normal, and "consent" didn't enter into it since children had no right to consent or not consent. What makes/ made this immoral, and what is the standard being used? We consider eating human flesh immoral, but some cultures have accepted it quite happily. Morality is not an absolute, but is cultural.

Which could be taken as an argument against my thesis that morality comes from outside, except that all cultures have very different views of God or the Gods (but there has NEVER been a culture that was aethist -- that should tell you something!) and the edicts of the Gods. So the proposed thesis is still intact.
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