All's right with the world right? Of course not, I would have done you an injustice by taking what was yours simply because I wanted it. Now this may seem like a dumb little story, but I believe bigger issues are at play. I believe we must acknowledge that wrong was done here. To me this acknowledgement of wrong is central to defeating the reasoning that we can do what we want to with no regard to an objective moral right or wrong. I believe, there is either an ultimate, objective right and wrong, or we must say that there is none and do what feels good. Moral relativism is defined by Stanford Ecylepedia asLet's say that we were the first humans on earth. Let's say that we are peacefully co-existing until I realize that I want a deer, however, said deer is in your possession. So now we have a problem. I would be happier with this deer, but to make that happen I will have to get it from you ( My method of choice would be clubbing you and taking it).
"Most often ... associated with an empirical thesis that there are deep and widespread moral disagreements and a meta-ethical thesis that the truth or justification of moral judgments is not absolute, but relative to some group of persons."Even people who would say they do not believe in an objective right and wrong, will often promote or execute some moral code. Their reasoning may be, that they don't want to wrong anyone, or they will do what causes the least problems, but if we take the approach that one should be able to do what they want to such limits shouldn't be placed.
So in a nutshell, I believe that it is evident from how history has played out and how we reason while living our everyday lives, that there is some common standard which includes us limiting our actions and not doing bad.
With that said, my next question is " Is it really wrong to look at a world with so much bad, injustice, selfishness, hate, and hurt and to want better" My standard is the God of the bible, but even by humanistic standards, can we really look at the world we live in and say it's okay?
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