Meta-Ethics #1

I think that moral principles do exist - but that to be completely universal they must be vague and pertain to all of humanity. In general I think moral principles that are universal is the idea that pain is evil and pleasure is good. This is true to everyone, despite culture or circumstance, because of biological factors that make us responsive to pain in a negative way and pleasure in a positive way. I think that this is the only kind of universal moral principle that exists - any other kind of moral principle will end up being specific to a certain culture or group of circumstances. For example, in one culture certain cultural things such as eating certain types of meat are deemed moral good, but in other cultures eating meat is deemed morally wrong. Additionally, if someone is considered a bad person, killing them would be deemed morally right, but if someone is consider a good person, killing them would be deemed morally wrong. This is an example of how circumstances can affect moral principles