
This is likely an impossible question for humans to answer correctly.
Here's a couple examples why: Today, we would agree that slavery is morally wrong but a few hundred years ago it was acceptable in many parts of the world. We have people like William Wilberforce to thank (among others) for bringing this terrible practice to an end, at least in the western world.
Less than a century ago in parts of Europe it was acceptable to murder Jews, Eastern Europeans and Homosexuals. The Nazi government sold the society of that time the lie that these people were not humans and without the intervention of the British Commonwealth, the US, and the USSR this would've continued.
Now you may say "there were lots of people who opposed these atrocities, it wasn't unilaterally accepted, some evil leaders in positions of power made these things happen". Sure, but they can't hold onto power unless the majority of people do nothing.
Society decides what is morally wrong (if anything). This makes me wonder about today's society and the morals that are generally accepted. There are two possibilities: 1) this society has everything right and what we call "politically correct" today is absolutely correct. Or 2) Some things that are generally considered acceptable today will be considered morally wrong in the future and/or things that are considered wrong today will be acceptable in the future.
Christians, who look to God's Word for their absolute morality, are often quickly marginalized and labelled "narrow-minded". They are like the smell of death to those who are perishing.
For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task? - 2 Corinthians 2:15-16
What's my point? I think everyone should think critically about what political leaders, professors and society at large say about what's right or wrong, and I think this is the most important part, don't be afraid to be called "narrow-minded" or "not-politically correct". Remember that the morals of any society are the product of the lowest common denominator of the majority of the people of that society. Today society tells us that unborn babies are not human they are "fetuses" and if we say that they deserve protection we are "narrow-minded" and "anti-choice". A few people today will take a stand while the morals of the society ebb away.
For my part I'm really thankful for these people; "narrow-minded" people like William Wilberforce and Corrie ten Boom. Their society may have called them that, I call them people with integrity.
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