Richard Dawkins Defends Pedophiles by Evoking Moral Relativism

Prominent pro-state atheist Richard Dawkins is getting a lot of criticism from human rights organizations after his recent comments defending pedophilia.

Dawkins suggested that recent pedophilia scandals which date back decades, are “mild” because they happened during a different era, when people had different feelings on the subject.

According to the Washington Post, he recalled how one of the (unnamed) school administrators “pulled me on his knee and put his hand inside my shorts”, during his early days at a boarding school in Salisbury.

He said other children in his school peer group had been molested by the same teacher but concluded: “I don’t think he did any of us lasting harm.” .... http://intellihub.com