I had a discussion in the pub last week that I'd like to bounce off the
EVC crew.
It is my belief that there is such a thing as universal taboos.
I used a example of a Neanderthal stalking a female and copulating with her by force.
Those who I was having this discussion with contended that the concept of "Rape" has yet to be invented therefore rape did not exist.
Nor does rape exist in the animal world.
I believe just because there were yet any "laws"against it or that the word itself was not yet uttered, prehistoric rape existed. I could be wrong, but that's just how I see things.
This speaks to the subjective nature of morality verses a unwritten code of what seems to be universal taboos and a quasi-objective morality.
Thoughts anyone?
Edited by 1.61803, : grammer
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