What makes a 'bad' movie a personal opinion and a 'bad' behavior a moral absolute?
Both are physical entities, yet some people see a label for one as opinion and, for the other, fact. Good, bad, right, wrong, etc. are merely subjective opinions on any particular thought, whether it's movies, morality, food, thought, etc. To feel that some things are merely 'opinions' while other, similar items are 'fact' is simplistic and silly.
If a person's ever changed their mind on anything, it only furthers the notion that perception is inherently fact-less.
Even if some magical 'moral absolutes' existed, we probably wouldn't be able to understand them anyway.
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people are animals of comparison. we know something is good because it is in contrast of something that is bad. without knowing what is bad, we would not know what is good. i do believe that there is an absolute good. if you will indulge my religion, i believe god is good. but that is merely by definition. god is the definition of good. but as people, we cannot comprehend god, we can only try and use logic and analysis to try and hypothesize good and evil. so, we basically have to guess at what good and evil are. in christanity, this is why the apple brought evil into the world. after you know what is good, you then can see what is evil. before that, everything is ignorance and bliss. however, as a society, good and evil are practical matters. we cannot know for sure what is absolutely good or absolutely evil, but it is of no importance whether or not we do know the "absolute" good and evil definitions. what is important, what we can actually use, is practical good and practical evil. good is what allows us to continue functioning how we please. "we" being very, very subjective. as no one knows what is truly good, society decides what is good, or more correctly, what is law, via force of some kind. evil is what you cannot do because if you do it, there is a fair chance of castigation. this doesnt necessarily mean that you will be punished. there are evil acts which occur where no one is ever in any kind of danger of punishment, but that it will have some people frowning upon the act. so, one act can be evil to some, and not to others. without the ability to comprehend absolutes, we have to deal with ambiguous subjectivity.
having read that I can't tell if you favor moral relativism or moral absolutism. It was well phrased with equal emphasis on respect for both. I should have used less spicy and direct language when posting.
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