Perhaps one of the best ways of showing how relativism can be terrible is looking at history. By examining the past you can see examples where people did what they thought was right from a relative point of view, but the deeds and means were not in accordance with moral truth. The consequences for humanity were devastating.
Eugenics has this goal in mind of breeding a better human race. It has no regard for God's children, no regard for life (even though it claims to be creating better life), no regard for cultural beliefs, no regard for circumstances.
When eugenics became a popular idea in Germany, then it was very easy to justify the elimination and poor treatment of people that were deemed genetically inferior. From the viewpoint that they were trying to make a better humanity their cause was noble. But from a basic standpoint of right and wrong, it is terrible. It is wrong because it devalues life. Furthermore it values some human life above others. Under the eugenics programs millions of lives were lost. Even in the United States tens of thousands have been forcibly sterilized to prevent them from procreating.
Now to those that don't want to accept that the bible and the Word of God are true, another standpoint is that if an act robs another intelligent being of their agency, life, or liberties or causes emotional or physical harm then it stands to reason that such an act is wrong. Conversely if an act empowers others, preserves life, or defends freedom and protects others from physical or emotional harm then that act is probably right.
The idea I would like to leave my readers with is that what is right or wrong is not dependent upon our points of view. It is not dependent upon some new theory. It is not decided by a society. Right and wrong is determined by unalterable eternal truth.
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