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That’s why society as a whole makes that decision about what they consider correct and what they consider incorrect through laws and ethical standards. Unless y

• sneak 7y ago
  “Society as a whole” cannot decide anything, as “society” is an abstraction, and a leaky one at that. If an individual can’t decide for another, no assemblage of individuals can legitimately claim that authority either. I certainly don’t want to live in a place where it takes hundreds of years for the majority to finally decide that, for example, racial minorities really do deserve equal protection under the law (or a hundred years to reach the point where it is not legal to enslave them). Surely you see the problem.
  • bcrosby95 7y ago
    Ultimately the law of the land is might makes right. In a democracy that tends to lie with masses of people (sometimes counter balanced by protective laws), in other instances it tends to rest in the hands of the few. Ultimately power has to rest somewhere. If it's nowhere then someone will come and take it. The modern alternative isn't some panacea. It's the corporation and the indifference of rights so long as it doesn't negatively impact the bottom line.
• Cakez0r 7y ago
  The majority can end up oppressing a minority. Better to just err on the side of "live and let live", no?