[ahayes]

On what basis do you claim that enhancing life is right or that diminishing life is wrong?

I suggest this comes from being surrounded by a pervasive Christian society.

Der. . . Do you think I would be unable to recognize it is wrong for someone else to punch me in the nose if I were raised in a different culture?

[etlib]

Der. . . Do you think I would be unable to recognize it is wrong for someone else to punch me in the nose if I were raised in a different culture?

I think if you were raised in a different culture you might think it OK for someone else or yourself to punch me in the nose.

Very few think it acceptable for someone to injure them but things get dicey when someone else is the injured party.

• Many in Islamic nations think it is OK to treat non-mulims as inferiors.
• In Hindu societies the poor were looked down upon and it was necessary to treat them as inferiors.
• In ancient Rome it was considered fine for gladiator to kill others for sport.
• ....