| Slimebeast said: Obviously it's implied that there are some morals that are practically universal. Theft is one of them. Murder is another. You don't have to believe they are absolute morals (but even some atheists believe in absolute morals - side note) - it's just not practical to debate them, because for example condemnation of theft is universal. So if I can demonstrate that piracy is in essence the same as theft of a service - again, just like going to the zoo, bus etc without paying, and just like tax evasion - then I've shown it's immoral by universal standards. |
Lets take this to the extreme. If tomorrow everyone on earth decided that murder was 100% ok, explain to me how murder is still immoral? Who is going to say it is wrong? What implies that murder is inherently wrong?
Edit: Also, even if piracy = theft of service, why can't piracy be moral when other forms of theft of service are immoral? Killing someone for fun and killing someone in self defence are both forms of murder, yet there are people that consider murdering for self defence to be ok.
