Objective Morality?

[Angrboda]

It appears I am coming to this thread late, and that it has devolved into an apologetics battle which, typical of such, is nothing but tireless repetition of pathetic and stale claims, and mutual ruffling of feathers and chest thumping.

That said, I'd like to briefly address the OP with something of the Cliff notes version of my view. I believe in objective morality. In saying this, I am building on top of Dan Barker's conception that "morality is nothing more than a function that a healthy brain performs". As such, it is a mistake to look for a "thing" called morality, except in the broadest terms. It is a process or function which, at its most basic, is described as a conjoinment of the genetic/phenotypic aspects of our species with the phase space in which that type lives, breeds and evolves (read: "evolutionary context" or environment). There is a back-end to this view, which incorporates some speculations on the way the brain functions, based largely on Jeff Hawkins' biomimetic model of the neocortex as realized in his HTM model, and part in my own crude thoughts on a means of grounding Platonic Realism in terms of concrete, knowable mechanics; however, even if these notions weren't rather speculative, it would be pointless to try to explain them in this medium. So my teaser will have to suffice.