Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
--C.S. Lewis--
In an age of moral relativism, you'll find lots of people out there who claim not to believe in a universal standard of right or wrong. When you meet such a person, stomp on his toe. You'll see him resorting to the concept of right and wrong rather rapidly.
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