I think it more accurate that most people who "know" something they're doing is wrong know others consider it wrong, and do not accept it for whatever reasons that may or may not be rational. I'll note that it is not an inherently bad thing to oppose the morality of one's peers, but it comes down to reasoning and consequences. I think being motivated amorally out of self-interest and being motivated morally out of an unexamined social interest are sufficiently comparable for their lack of critical deliberation, even if the later can be said to be more conscious. As I have said above, I expect adults to be more careful in their consideration of others.
"I know very few Christians who would totally negate the possibility for forgiveness of sins based in ignorance of absolute morality as you have done."
It is fortunate that I am not Christian, then, as I would be a poor one. However, I do not negate the possibility of forgiveness, I only hold the forgiveness I personally distribute to my own standard. If you take it as God's place to judge history, I will accept that as your position and dispute it no further, except to suggest that, perhaps, forgiveness is equally an infringement on God's realm.
We have indeed isolated the core of our dispute and, now that we know where we stand, we will hopefully both come away richer in spite of it, or perhaps because of it.
Re: Part 2
"I know very few Christians who would totally negate the possibility for forgiveness of sins based in ignorance of absolute morality as you have done."
It is fortunate that I am not Christian, then, as I would be a poor one. However, I do not negate the possibility of forgiveness, I only hold the forgiveness I personally distribute to my own standard. If you take it as God's place to judge history, I will accept that as your position and dispute it no further, except to suggest that, perhaps, forgiveness is equally an infringement on God's realm.
We have indeed isolated the core of our dispute and, now that we know where we stand, we will hopefully both come away richer in spite of it, or perhaps because of it.