Comment by Minuted on 25/01/2020 at 17:44 UTC

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View submission: Reductio: if we consider merely affecting the environment to be morally wrong, we face the conclusion that our existence is evil. This indicates we have made a mistake...

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When you're going to claim something is evil, it does help to actually define the word

Does it? I think we all know what someone means when they say evil or bad, or morally wrong, even if we might disagree with whether actions are bad or good.

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Comment by kelvin_klein_bottle at 25/01/2020 at 20:34 UTC

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I think we all know what someone means when they say evil or bad, or morally wrong,

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No we dodn't. Slavery, human sacrifice, honor killings, etc. etc. have been "morally good" to many different societies through the ages. If you lived as an Aztec Warrior 600 years ago, it would be morally EVIL for you NOT to sacrifice your war prisoner to the gods by cutting out his heart as he still lived and breathed, because by NOT doing so you would cause untold missery onto your people.