Moral relativism

I think the only way I can answer that,is to say that most laws you speak of,Rape,murder,robbery,and theft are matters of being naturally wrong and should be common scence more than moral law. But what is moral?who has laid claim to the term?who is it that says these morals must be observed by all?this,like politically correct wording must be used by all,and again,who says so? I agree,due to so many that seem to be void of any concerns about morality,I guess there has to be some way for them to be told..

Yet historically, there have been societies that have not considered Murder, Rape, etc. naturally wrong, what you call naturally wrong are moral normative values that have been accepted so long that they are taken as granted. People have debated through all history what are moral standards should be and three great systems of morality have been described. When push comes to shove people generally fall into one of two camps, consequentialists; who think what is important is the consequences of an action and deontologists; who think that the nature of the act determines its moral value. The third and perhaps superior system is virtue ethics, which is about developing good character traits. all the best urban

@ mac, But why can't we call those naturally wrongs as moral law? I think there is some sense of moral awareness intituitively. And I would call that moral law. And I would also argue that this sense of the idea of bad or good is hardwired in us. with regards, headhunter525

Yes, and in extremis it leads to people making the clearly ludicrous claim that all cultures are equal. But I think we can agree that the culture of Nazi Germany is not equal to most cultures all the best urban

And such agreement underscores that morality is not all relative. I think we can all agree that child sacrifice, cannibalism etc are wrong and evil.

I quite agree with your observation. If everybody does what one likes then the world will not be a safe place to live. And we cannot differentiate between Mother Teresa and Hitler.