It's interesting that almost every person will, if comfortable, admit to fantasizing about immoral acts they wouldn't dream of carrying out if others were ever to find out or to observe them. We have to ask ourselves why such behavior is at odds with otherwise lawful and ethical people, and what drives them to value these contrarian acts for sexual or non-sexual reasons. — gloaming
The point of giving the examples is simply to show that there is an objective component to harm, it's not just relative. — Sam26
Again, it always gets down to the harm done, and it's not always an easy decision, but generally it is. — Sam26
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