One answer is that there is no right answer. Some tribes do it one way, others do it another way, and that’s all there is to say. This is the answer of the proverbial “moral relativist.”* The problem with the relativist’s answer is that, practically speaking, it’s not really an answer. The relativist might be right about something important. Maybe, as the relativist says, there is no ultimate moral truth. However, even if that’s correct, people must nevertheless live one way or another. The relativist may not want to choose, but someone must choose. And if the relativist refuses to choose,
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There is a way to measure if something moral is good or bad - look at the results, does it bring good or bad?
