On Moral Authorities

[bennyboy]

Morality can only be objective with God. For, morality is about what is good action and what is bad. Now, to be good or to be bad is according to the fulfillment of the end of a something. For an instance, a good eyesight is an eyesight which can see clearly, for the end of eyes is to see. Now, the end of man is God, for man is created to know the truth and love the good, but God is the Truth and Goodness Himself, for all true and good things come from Him, because He is Being Himself, as proven by the arguments for God's existence. Therefore, without God, there can't be objective morality.

Good and bad imply goals, and the fulfillment of goals.  However, some goals are universal enough to consider objective.  For example, all normally-functioning humans (at least those in good health) wish to survive.  In serving our nature by surviving, we are serving out a goal that is not the arbitrary creation of the conscious self. In creating social contracts and feeling guilty when we violate them, we are acting according to our nature as a highly social species.

That's objective enough for me.