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Quote by: sdbest  There are no "universal" wrongs or rights. However, once a group of people deem something right or wrong and then impose that decision on others backed up by coercive power then that declaration of a right or wrong becomes culturally manifest.
Slavery is wrong because a sufficient number of people not only say it is but also are prepared--and have the competency via the state--to punish those who traffic in human beings.
It's wrong to own other people because we have decided it is wrong.
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S. |
That seems to dodge the issue doesn't it? It is wrong because we said it is wrong. But why do we say it is wrong? Deep seeded self-interest? What are the origins of morality?