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What makes murdering morally wrong?
@freemo violation of social contract theory where one's freedom to kill infringes upon another's freedom to live.
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@dashrandom So what exactly is that "social contract"... Do I have to sign the contract or is it automatic? Which contracts am I automatically enrolled in and what qualifies them as such?
@freemo you'd need to read John Locke's Leviathan (1651) and Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract (1762).
Or you might want to speak to anyone named John since they seem to be experts on the matter.
@freemo it's a long explanation (considering the course at university was 4 months long) but basically it's an assumed contract that all humans agree to. It's what our definitions of right and wrong is based on. You are unknowingly taught it through the education system, through morals and customs.
The basic premise is that the freedom of one's right to choice is only valid so long as it does not infringe upon another's right to choice.
If you want the full unabridged version though...