Good question Karen.
It should scare every one because it allows for nothing to be absolutely wrong. Therefore pedophilia, child sacrifice, murder, slavery, genocide, and even the ultimate, schoolyard bullying, are not in and of themselves wrong. This is of course preposterous, even to those who try, to hold this position. People matter more than philosophy, but ideas have consequences in the real world. Very soon, un-coerced pedophilia will be equivalent to homosexuality, in the sense that it will be seen as intolerant to oppose it. Who are we to impose our values and beliefs on them? It also assumes, against all reason that God does not exist. Any society that starts there will end in tyranny, either that of a dictator, or that of 50% plus one. I fully realize that this has also been seen as a great opportunity for Man to rise to a new level, but this existential optimism is imo not backed up by history. Most of the people who really think this through end up in despair and a lot have ended up committing suicide. The rest are just fooling themselves.
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