Quantum Windbag
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"No, cutting off a thief's hand is legal in one country, and not another. It is either always moral or always immoral."
Your chosen definition differs from the dictionary and general use, but you have the right to project your vision onto the world, as everyone else does.
"I challenge you to find an example of anyone that argues it is morally wrong to feed the poor."
There are treatises that specifically say feeding the poor only leads to more suffering and, so, should not be done.
Morals are most certainly relative.
My definition differs from the dictionary? How, exactly?
The reference.com definition of moral.
1.of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
2.expressing or conveying truths or counsel as to right conduct, as a speaker or a literary work; moralizing: a moral novel.
3.founded on the fundamental principles of right conduct rather than on legalities, enactment, or custom: moral obligations.
4.capable of conforming to the rules of right conduct: a moral being.
5.conforming to the rules of right conduct ( opposed to immoral): a moral man.
Merrian-Webaster.com definition.
a : of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior : ethical <moral judgments>
b : expressing or teaching a conception of right behavior <a moral poem>
c : conforming to a standard of right behavior
d : sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment <a moral obligation>
e : capable of right and wrong action <a moral agent>
Nothing in there about morals being different form country to country, is there?
No examples of your claims. Must be why you chose to not post in the clean debate zone.