1. Absolute Truth
To state that there is no absolute truth universally, would be a self defeating statement. That statement would in fact support the existence and reality of Absolute truth. To say "truths are relative" and apply that to all reality; is absolute in scope. Therefore; absolute truth exists.
2. Inherent understanding of Right and Wrong
Everyone understands that killing an innocent person is wrong. Everyone understands that helping a drowning person is right. Where did this internal understanding of right and wrong come from? What would be wrong with a society that legalized rape?
3. Universal Morality
If slavery and rape are wrong, why? If there is no such thing as universal morality, what is wrong with a society continuing or starting slavery? Just like the inherent understanding of actions that are universally understood as wrong; how can anyone say to a society that deems forcible, non-consensual, oppressive sexual relations is wrong for that society to allow? How can one people impose their views of right and wrong on another and declare certain actions as wrong? What gives anyone justification for condemning genocide or The Holocaust?
4. Objective or Subjective
The truth of what is right and wrong can not be relative to each society. Who then has already determined certain things as right and wrong universally? Either the very first original collective society deemed rape and slavery as wrong and we are just continuing their moral ancient institutes; what is wrong with changing what they had originally instituted? If we do, is it then understood as right what was previously understood as wrong? 1,000 years from now, can rape be changed to morally right? Thus making right and wrong subjective and relative. Or, even the very first collective society received their understanding of what is right and wrong objectively. We know that rape and slavery is not subjective and relatively wrong and will forever be wrong; therefore the wrongness of these acts is an objective universal truth.
5. Good and Evil
In recognizing 'wrong' we then understand that the situation is not what it should be. We understand and sense a way that is not wrong. By simply comparing the actions to how we already understand things should be to how they are actually; we reveal our understanding of good and are able to see actions that lack good. Therefore a standard of how thing should be exists universally. This standard of how we sense things should be is called good. Rape and slavery does not meet this standard which gives rise to our natural internal objectives to it; we universally understand the lack of good and call it evil.
6. The Source of Good
This objective universal intelligible truth of good that reveals the lack of good in rape and slavery leads to the conclusion that something intelligent and moral outside of humanity condescended the absolute standard of good to humanity.
To state that there is no absolute truth universally, would be a self defeating statement. That statement would in fact support the existence and reality of Absolute truth. To say "truths are relative" and apply that to all reality; is absolute in scope. Therefore; absolute truth exists.
2. Inherent understanding of Right and Wrong
Everyone understands that killing an innocent person is wrong. Everyone understands that helping a drowning person is right. Where did this internal understanding of right and wrong come from? What would be wrong with a society that legalized rape?
3. Universal Morality
If slavery and rape are wrong, why? If there is no such thing as universal morality, what is wrong with a society continuing or starting slavery? Just like the inherent understanding of actions that are universally understood as wrong; how can anyone say to a society that deems forcible, non-consensual, oppressive sexual relations is wrong for that society to allow? How can one people impose their views of right and wrong on another and declare certain actions as wrong? What gives anyone justification for condemning genocide or The Holocaust?
4. Objective or Subjective
The truth of what is right and wrong can not be relative to each society. Who then has already determined certain things as right and wrong universally? Either the very first original collective society deemed rape and slavery as wrong and we are just continuing their moral ancient institutes; what is wrong with changing what they had originally instituted? If we do, is it then understood as right what was previously understood as wrong? 1,000 years from now, can rape be changed to morally right? Thus making right and wrong subjective and relative. Or, even the very first collective society received their understanding of what is right and wrong objectively. We know that rape and slavery is not subjective and relatively wrong and will forever be wrong; therefore the wrongness of these acts is an objective universal truth.
5. Good and Evil
In recognizing 'wrong' we then understand that the situation is not what it should be. We understand and sense a way that is not wrong. By simply comparing the actions to how we already understand things should be to how they are actually; we reveal our understanding of good and are able to see actions that lack good. Therefore a standard of how thing should be exists universally. This standard of how we sense things should be is called good. Rape and slavery does not meet this standard which gives rise to our natural internal objectives to it; we universally understand the lack of good and call it evil.
6. The Source of Good
This objective universal intelligible truth of good that reveals the lack of good in rape and slavery leads to the conclusion that something intelligent and moral outside of humanity condescended the absolute standard of good to humanity.
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