Part 10/13:
Philosophers such as the Marquis de Sade and Friedrich Nietzsche explored the logical consequences of rejecting objective morality: in their worldview, morality is entirely subjective, justified by power or personal pleasure. Sade’s advocacy for sadism and anti-birth sentiments exemplify how a worldview without moral absolutes can lead to atrocities.
Modern relativists, such as some postmodern thinkers, reject the idea of absolute standards, claiming that "art ought to be superfluous" because no universal morality exists. But this raises profound questions: if right and wrong are purely subjective, how do societies prevent chaos and atrocities?