Rape a woman... then send her to prison for being raped. When she gets out she will be hunted by her brothers and father who will then kill her if they can and be thus regain their honor. This may sound evil to you. This is the way of Islam. Is Islam evil?
If that truly is the way of Islam then without a doubt it is evil -
if you're a moral absolutist.
if you're a moral relativist then it's perfectly OK to do such a thing.
Assist in the enslavement of a race of people. Purchase them, sell them, dispose of them as you wish. Sounds evil. Were the founders of the US evil?
Of course they were - they were rich white guys right? So that behavior made them without a doubt evil -
if you're a moral absolutist.
if you're a moral relativist then it was perfectly OK to do such a thing.
Drop bombs on cities where hundreds of thousands of men, women and children live work and play. Kill hundreds of thousands of people. Was Harry Truman evil?
Kind of an
ends justifies the means argument wouldn't you say? Kill a 100,000 of so of the enemy thus sparing a million of them as well as a couple of 100,000 of your own. Tough one.
Is evil really that subjective?
It looks that way does it not?
Examples like the above are fairly extreme but illustrate well the conundrum we're in because most people (it seems to me) are moral absolutists (especially the deeply religious) regardless of their culture (probably human nature to be so). It's also why cultures clash and always will. It is why East and West will eventually wipe one or the other out.