johnhanks
Well-Known Member
Then what does? Morality is a component of culture, a social construct.I partially disagree. I believe there are (should be) universal morals. Murdering the innocent and forcefully taking what belongs to others without their consent, specially without need, I believe are examples of absolute immoralities. A cultural decision does not always define a moral.
As to your examples of "absolute immoralities", to call murdering the innocent an absolute immorality is mere tautology - if it's murder, it's immoral (and illegal) by definition. Murder has no other definition than unlawful homicide - if a killing is considered morally justifiable (as capital punishment is in some backward societies, and human sacrifice has been in others), it's not called murder.
And if "forcefully taking what belongs to others without their consent" is absolutely immoral, then HMRC is an absolutely immoral institution.