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Exactly. The point is that morals are determined by the majority - might makes right. That is exactly the path that history has taken.
But if that is true, then there really isn't anything wrong with killing another person. Nor is there anything wrong with stealing, lying, rape, incest, etc. The authority of the 'moral' is that if I do any of these things, people will agree to punish me. By living in this society, we each implicitly agree to abide by common 'morals'. Because we do not kill others, we cannot ourselves be killed.
But that means morals don't mean anything beyond laws - created and maintained by people. 'Good' and 'Evil' can no longer be used in the way they were meant, because nobody has enough right or authority to determine whether anyone else is 'good' or 'evil'.
Serial murders, then, are criminals, but not evil. Child molestors are criminals, but not evil. Domestic abuse is crime, but not an 'evil'. That is the consequence of subjective moral standard.
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