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The problem with this is that people disagree about what harms others. Right wing insane people are not living in the same reality that you and I are. They genuinely believe that even seeing a gay person is harmful. They genuinely believe that the existence of gay people is harmful to others.
Well no, there are objective harms and subjective harms.
If I slap you that's an objective harm.
If I'm gay and that's objectional to you, that's a subjective harm to some people.
Essentially physical acts v emotional harms.
Some people may see all morales as God given and therefore absolute
Perhaps absolute but still not objective. I can prove things that are objective with repetition, subjective things not so much.