I would have to agree with Abel, because everyone who concludes that their are no absolutes in morality are the ones who don't have any concern for being immoral. And if they do, then they do believe there are absolutes, because they have boundaries for what is acceptable. For example, a man once disagreed that pornography was wrong, simply because "there is nothing wrong with it." But when he was asked if child pronography is right or wrong, he said it was wrong. Then when asked what age does child pornography become acceptable, he responded 16. By doing this, he, and many other people, judge what is morally acceptable by when it gives them pleasure. And people commonly say that they do not know what is right or wrong, perhaps cause it removes any guilt they may have of what they have done that is wrong(?). But if someone steals their wallet, murders their children, has intercourse with their wife, or lies to them they immediately know that what has been done to them is wrong. Some people bring up some self-preservation thing, not sure who they are trying to convince, but we know it is wrong when we do it to others as well, not just when it has been done to us. People like that are like a man who has removed the batteries from his smoke detector because he doesn't want it to alarm him.
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