Rape is taking away another person's natural right to liberty and
pursuit of happiness. Everyone is entitled to those natural rights,
thus it is considered morally "wrong" by most. Generally,You wouldn't want someone to take away your liberty
though, would you?
Rape is nothing but emotional and physical torture. Because humans are
sentient beings, they are able to recognize pain as undesirable. Because
we can recognize ourselves and others as humans, we know that rules
that apply to us will also apply to others. Pain is undesirable to me,
so it must be to others. Rape is meant to harm, so when a person
experiences it or views it, they know that the victim is feeling pain,
and anybody who does not want to cause others pain will recognize rape
as bad.
What defines something as right or wrong generally follows the rule
that something right is something overall beneficial, while something
wrong is harmful to people or society. Murder will usually bring down
society, because it removes one of its members. Something that is wrong
is just something that is counter-productive, and usually something done
for personal greedy purposes. Meant to make oneself feel better, even
at the expense of others.
Because we, as humans, are able to tell whether something is right
or wrong by the fact that it either helps or hurts overall, we can
conclude that rape is wrong because it is an action that purposefully
causes pain. (Not wrong as in incorrect, but wrong as in bad)



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