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All morality is relative? Not exactly, in fact I'm sure there is a lowest common denominator of morality 99.99% of humans on this earth agree on. I agree with what you say in the beginning, that people have a moral duty to spread their own version of morality.

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> All morality is relative? Not exactly, in fact I'm sure there is a lowest common denominator of morality 99.99% of humans on this earth agree on.

I'd strongly disagree! Maybe there is consensus within western nations, or nations with a high average living standard, but even those vary greatly.

Things like marriage equality are extremely recent, but so is the universal right to vote. There are nations who still practice child marriage, for example.

Is killing innocent people "relative" morality?

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