If yes, can you describe a case in which it would OK to rape and/ora murder a child?
2007-11-10 06:33:41 · 8 answers · asked by Belzetot 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well if everything is just chemicals and there is no justice in the afterlife the I guess as long as it floats your boat and you don't get caught then it is always okay. I mean who cares what happens to a bunch of chemicals anyways.
2007-11-10 06:38:19 · answer #1 · answered by killah priest 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Any moral relativism gets lost in the legal technicalities, initially. Rape and murder are both defined as wrongful.
Can you kill a child morally? There are enough instances? Can you kill one to save another? Legally and morally, there are gray zones and you can construct scenarios where it is the moral best choice. A simple example would be one where you have conjoined twins who will have a limited life with no intervention while the intervention will give one a full life.
As for sex, constructing a scenario where it is the best option would be contrived at best. You could create all sort of scenarios where you do the greatest good, but never without an element where there is a wrongdoer (someone who will do something sufficiently bad it you don't).
2007-11-10 15:38:32 · answer #2 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a moral relativist on some things, because it makes sense to say that some things may be ethical in some situations but not in others. But I honestly cannot fathom a situation in which it would be acceptable to rape and/or murder a child.
2007-11-10 14:48:20 · answer #3 · answered by I'm Still Here 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm really surprised how few responses you received.
I'm not a moral relativist so I can't describe any such case. Moral relativists have a different definition of "OK". To them, it means "I can live with it" (it meaning feeling bad).
2007-11-12 12:25:34 · answer #4 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What the hell!!! It is never okay to rape and or murder anyone. Especially an innocent child.
2007-11-10 14:46:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a variety of cultures that thought child sacrifice was acceptable. I don't agree with that, but that would be the whole relativism thing.
2007-11-10 16:59:06 · answer #6 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the point in this question? What are you trying to prove?
2007-11-10 14:45:05 · answer #7 · answered by Ryan W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know robots could talk.
2007-11-10 14:40:47 · answer #8 · answered by Chapter and Verse 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋