Re: Moral relativity
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Morals are defined by the society you live in. There is no absolute standard that they follow. Most have developed in a particular society to be beneficial for the common good. When one society's morals differ enough from another's, war sometimes breaks out.
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Scientific truth is often defined by the society that you live, this doesnt mean that this is an objective method of determining the validity of truth.
There are moral theories that can be shown to be objectively false. Moral theories that are internally inconsistant can be immediately discarded as false. It follows that a form of the scientific method can be used to determine true moral theories. We falsify the ones that are objectively falsifiable and must therefore conclude that those that are left over are objectively true.
So often the moral truths as defined by society dont meet the requirement of internal consistancy. Its ok for us to do certain things but other groups of people arent allowed the same action. Its ok cause we are the good guys is such a common inconsistant arguement.
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