“Good and evil are real, universal forces”
Agree
- Some acts are wrong regardless of culture
- Moral intuitions feel absolutely real
- Conscience points to universal truth
- Certain values found across all societies
- Denying good/evil enables atrocities
Disagree
- Morality clearly varies by culture and time
- Evolution explains moral feelings completely
- No objective basis for universal ethics
- One culture's good is another's evil
- Moral realism is just wishful thinking
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