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As Hume explained, the problem with "what is right" (morals) is that it comes not from reasoning but from emotions. So, there is NOT such a thing as a single "what is right" except for very few and extreme cases (vb to kill a baby .... but not vb to kill and eat human flesh as its done nowadays in some parts of Papua New Guinea).

Most of cases of "what is right" are gray areas determined in every historic moment and in every part of the World by the emotions of majority.

And today majority of people chose every day order, obedience, police and repression, since they get security in exchange. This could change in the future, though.
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Hume's assertion that morals arise from emotions rather than reasoning undermines the notion of universal moral truths. His view suggests that "what is right" is subject to cultural and historical variability, dictated by the prevailing emotional sentiments of a majority. While certain acts, like in...