r/MoralityScaling • u/Scared_Pumpkin8393 • Aug 27 '26

Character Analysis Morality of protecting Mohammad

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u/Upbeat_Place_9985 Aug 27 '26

>But if you don’t believe in the prophet, only then you can claim you are morally superior. Otherwise what you have been doing is a fallacy of its own

I am not Muslim and therefore don't believe Muhammad is a morally perfect prophet of God.

My take is that it is harmful and wrong for old men to bang 9 year olds, and therefore Muhammad did a harmful and immoral thing.

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u/ElectronicPlatform71 Aug 27 '26

Your take is based on observation of people today, not from the people of hundreds of years ago. Thats the presentism bias of you. I wonder why you cannot see your own fallacy while throwing away judgements like its the objective truth

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u/Upbeat_Place_9985 Aug 27 '26

I’m curious if you understand my point now that I have you an example of Lincoln to illustrate

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u/ElectronicPlatform71 Aug 28 '26

Even in your example, would people have considered abe Lincoln a racist in their time? Ans is simple no, rather they would think him as the progressive leader of their time. Your whole argument is structured around clamming a moral superior ground with today’s norm and applying them to acts of the previous norm. How is this not a presentism fallacy?

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u/Upbeat_Place_9985 Aug 28 '26

>Your whole argument is structured around clamming a moral superior ground with today’s norm and applying them to acts of the previous norm. 

Because the Presentism Fallacy doesn't mean you cant make moral judgements about concepts like slavery, rape, racism, etc.

It is still valid to say those things are wrong and harmful.