Nineveh said:
Moral: of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical
Completely: having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full
Subjective: pertaining to or characteristic of an individual; personal; individual
I cannot see that by your own expanding on your point you would not have understood the position of freedomcry, even if (as you believe in a higher standard) you disagreed.
[a person's] principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong [are] entirely [due to] the characteristic of [said] individual.
IF there is no higher standard against which to measure this 'distinction between right and wrong', then the above statement must be true, do you agree?.
Assuming you agree, may I put to you that humans are effected by a number of factors.
1. Our Motivations: Humans act in a way they believe will escape pain and bring happiness.
Do you agree?
2.Most humans have a set of characteristics biologically hardwired - What they find Gratifying and what they find hurtful.
Do you agree?
3. What we have come to believe through intellectual pursuits - This modifies what we apply our 'gratification and hurtfulness' hardwire to. For instance, someone who believes that animals are feel as humans, and are our equals, will apply the same compassion to an animal as a human. But, contrarily, one who believes they are a foodstuff, and ought to be eaten and not considered equal is sure not to extend such compassion.
Do you agree?
Everything, I posit, in our behavior is a combination of these things: Our different hardwired feelings, our different beliefs, and how we can aviod pain and gain happiness.
Im too tired to continue this really crap explanation. Most of you out there can take this to it's logical consequence.
If it's too badly written, I'll have to restate it when its not 4:44 am :help: