Expert: Francesco Marchesani - 11/1/2006

Question
I was having an argument with someone about whether morality is relative and thus, there aren't any moral constants. Or that there is a certain set of morals that are without exception always held to. He argued that the repulsion and hesitancy to murder has always been a moral just who to murder is what differs. I was wondering if there are any societies in which murder was not considered to be a problem and, whether there have been any morals that have always existed.
Thanks a lot,
Avi


Answer
Hello,
It's a rather big question, that "bothered" philosophers and theologicians for century! You can read here a brief explanation of the various theories:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morality
And here for one of the theories, moral relativism:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_relativism