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If Nothing Is Inherently Good Or Bad, How Are We To Make Moral Judgments?

  I recently received a very thought-provoking comment from a reader who had a question about my blog post where I claimed that spanking children was barbaric. I have a reservation that maybe you could help me understand. 
In [your blog post] on spanking children being barbaric …
I was confused.  If there is no meaning in events [for example, spanking of children], if we can't know the future result of that [action] "for sure," then how can it be barbaric?
… If my partner yells at me, shall I call it barbaric if statistics show being yelled at has negative consequences? [...]

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