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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
Just because I am not judging a society because they aren't as tolerant as we claim to be, does not make me a hypocrite.
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The problem you're having here is the basis of a very short-lived philosophical debate surrounding moral relativism. People conflate cultural relativism (which is descriptive - different cultures have different moral standards) with moral relativism (whatever is considered moral in a particular culture is moral within that context). The problem with moral relativism - well, one of many - is that it logically reduces to moral individualism. There is simply no way to defend culture-based morality alone, because the "cultural" line is arbitrary. How many people do I need to form a culture? Is my country a cultural entity? How about my region? My church? Well then why not the 30 guys and girls who I convinced to join my cult? Why not just me?
Without getting too far into it, you ultimately reach the point where a psychopath's moral compass is no more blameworthy or subject to moral criticism than the average person's.