(June 9, 2012 at 7:05 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: But if it's an eternal basis, how can it be anything other then a being, if morality is related to conscious thought?
Two problems here.
Your "if" has not been demonstrated to be true, and "how can it be anything other than..." is an argument from ignorance. If there was a demonstrable eternal basis for morality, it could very well be something you have not conceived of (or could not).