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Relativism thought experiment

 
 
Reply Thu 29 Mar, 2012 04:26 pm
A friend of mine once told me that the following question should be presented to anybody who makes the argument for relativism. Have fun with this one...

Is there ever a situation where killing babies for fun, and just for fun, is justified?
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Krumple
 
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Reply Thu 29 Mar, 2012 04:34 pm
@seven times,
seven times wrote:

A friend of mine once told me that the following question should be presented to anybody who makes the argument for relativism. Have fun with this one...

Is there ever a situation where killing babies for fun, and just for fun, is justified?


Well is it a trick question? Are these babies real living babies? Or are they dolls resembling babies. It still could be viewed as creepy for a person to enjoy killing babies that are actually dolls or in some kind of video game but I bet that is one way that people would enjoy it or justify it.

Also the question doesn't address what sort of babies they are. It could be baby anything. Human babies are not the same as blackmomba babies. So the question could be misinterpreted or requires clarification or else it will be assumed something that it is not.
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Reply Thu 29 Mar, 2012 04:37 pm
@Krumple,
That sounds like a justification to me.
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thack45
 
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Reply Thu 29 Mar, 2012 04:42 pm
@seven times,
doing something for fun, and just for fun, doesn't make it "justified"
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Reply Thu 29 Mar, 2012 04:48 pm
@thack45,
That sounds like an absolute to me.
thack45
 
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Reply Thu 29 Mar, 2012 05:04 pm
@seven times,
alright, it doesn't make it not justified either. what do you want?
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contrex
 
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Reply Fri 30 Mar, 2012 12:06 am
@seven times,
seven times wrote:
A friend of mine once told me that the following question should be presented to anybody who makes the argument for relativism.


Your friend is a prick, and so are you if you had to ask the question.
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