'Then who gets to decide what's ethical?' isn't a gotcha response to opposition to cultural relativity. It misses the point completely.
I don't know what you mean. Liberal principles can be applied consistently to same actions committed by different people.
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What determines the sameness? The definition always implies characteristics of an assumed context. Which may or may not be universal.
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LGBT ppl have the same right to equality & freedom from violence & oppression wherever they happen to live.
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Contexts aren't universal. In one its OK to kill gay ppl & in another it isn't. That is a fact. Moral relativity is upholding it.
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I'm not saying the context determines morality. I'm saying that answers to what is right or wrong don't always translate from one to another
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You're saying different cultures think different things are wrong and right? Yes or no need to talk abt cultural relativity
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No, that's not what I'm talking about. Apparently I keep failing to explain myself.
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Yes, sorry, I don't understand. Can you give an example of when killing LGBTs wld be morally right by liberal principles?
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It would have to be in a society where LGBT people exist, are dominant, and are endangering the lives of non-LGBT people.
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