On Moral Authorities

[Tonus]

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.

I don't think that is possible. Morality is not objective because God is a perfect arbiter of good or bad. He has the power to enforce his will and we do not have the power to deny him. Thus, it is God's power that is the absolute, not any notions of what is good or bad.

If we can reason out why a particular action is good or bad, we may be able to determine that it is an absolute. I think that such absolutes are very rare and that our actions are often context-dependent. But if that determination is based on the authority of a power that cannot be resisted, then reason is unnecessary. God can order us to do things that we would consider horrific, yet they would be moral or good because he ordered it. Thus, any action could not, in itself, be good or bad.