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That's a pretty big 'if'.

I never conceded that they were valid. Looking at my quote, I don't see how you could conclude that. There is certainly a place for this viewpoint, and you are of course, welcome to hold this opinion and opine on it. However, when it comes to the real world, it is my view (and also imo the view of any rational person) that morality is relative. That is not to say that we should not hold opinions (even very strong opinions), or that we should not fight for our own version of morality, I think that's only natural. My problem is that this absolutist view does not account for my views, while my view would account for the absolutists.

It is not the "duty" aspect that I find absurd, in fact I would argue for some link between our sense of "duty" and our base nature, so it's not absurd so much as a false conclusion based on some hint of truth. It is the idea that there is some structured absolute "right" or "wrong" that I find absurd.

I really wish I could express myself better in words, because I feel as though, if I were able to put into words the connections in my head, most people would instantly be like "oh, I get that." Of course, most people are so hard-wired into their own views that I would probably just go insane with the futility of it all (I find that when confronted with uncomfortable truths, people get defensive, and that turns into outright nastiness).

I never said you did, but no one else is compelled to accept your theory of morality. Utilitarianism vs deontology is an open question.

I'm curious, how is ending evil not making the world better?

Menstruation is a natural process, not a willful deliberate act. You have stretched the analogy too far.

ruveyn

Morality is first of all a normative and therefore lacks any kind of basis in empirical reality, so assigning any kind of existence relative or otherwise is nonsense. I might rather argue the only rational position is moral skepticism, on the one hand, and a descriptive view when it comes to observation of human society on the other. Since neither of those makes a proscription, any further pursuit of the point is pointless.


If you can find a system which involves proscriptions without valuations I'd like to hear it.