[Hitch]

Well, not to put too fine a point on it...

but all of these things--amoral, immoral, wrong--are value judgements. We are, when we say that, passing judgement. None of them are, in fact, "facts" or "truth." We all agree that they are truth, beause they are our "truth," but they are not facts like "the shortest distance between two points is a straight line," or "the sun is the light source for the Earth." Those are facts (and if anyone here starts arguing black holes and the like for shorter distances, fuhgeddaboutdit).

As a society and as a people, we've made certain decisions about what we consider to be "right" and "wrong." Others have different values. For example, we think that FGM is "wrong." Others, obviously, do not, as repugnant as it is.

So, we can say that so-and-so is amoral (Polanksi) or immoral (ditto) and we can say that he anthropomorphizes, to justify his behavior. We can say that rape is wrong, and we all agree, as a people, that it is, and if it's possible to be 'wronger,' wronger yet with a child. But it wasn't that long ago, in terms of the life-span of this planet, that we routinely married off girls that age.

Wrong, right, truth, immorality, amorality--all these things are value judgments that are, as well, constantly moving targets. What was considered "wrong" a mere few years ago, in terms of a person's sexuality is promoted as not being "wrong" today.

At this rate, hell, who knows what won't be 'wrong' any longer, tomorrow?

Hitch