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Originally Posted by Pillbox Joe
The only way one can quantify a true right or wrong is for every single person to agree on one particular thing and say "hey, this is wrong." But it doesn't work like that, no two people on earth agree on every single thing, because they interpret right and wrong different and to different degrees. The line on where morality stands changes with every person.
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I understand what you're saying (and have all along actually) but I just can't buy into it. From a purely rational standpoint what you're saying makes sense, but my belief is simply based on something I believe to be inherent in all sane, rational human beings. People can convince themselves or be brainwashed into doing things that are wrong, but still know that what they are doing is wrong, on some level at least. The human mind is so complex that it makes this discussion an almost impossible one to have. I still believe that there is a "bare minimum" for morality. Anything above that line is up for debate. Anything below it is not. Of course you would obviously argue that people will disagree where that line is drawn. And there's nothing I could say to dispute that except that humans are unique creatures which I believe allows us, once we reach a certain level of cognitive awareness, to understand where that line should be drawn. Do we fool ourselves (some of us at least, especially what we would call the "deviants" of society) into believing the line doesn't exist? You bet. But nothing can convince me it isn't there.
