Sartre said at one point that there are no right or wrong answers when it comes to morality.
I don't even understand what this could mean. How can there be no right or wrong? How can killing an innocent person be morally equal to baking cookies for a sick friend? Is it all based on point of view?
For me, morality is a social concept. We have created a general idea of what is right and what is wrong. Is this really how it should be? Who knows? We just know that some things that people do seem negative while other things seem more positive. We have defined what those things are and we make laws accordingly. Taking it upon yourself to hurt an innocent person, whether it be by taking his wife, stealing his money, drugging him, etc. is wrong. I believe all violence is wrong, including verbal violence, and it should be entirely outlawed (and hopefully that will happen one day).
As for Sartre, I disagree that there are no right or wrong answers for morality - if someone thinks that shooting a person is okay, they are still wrong for doing it.
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