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Perry Huang RP Post 5

http://logical-critical-thinking.com/human-thoughts/what-is-morality-and-where-does-morality-come-from/

joseph offers a very short yet powerful opinion on the origins, and even an extension of this, the significance of morality. It speaks from essentially a completely tangible, and utilitarian perspective concerning the issues of right and wrong. **__Many people assume__** //that// morality is associated to some higher knowledge or to some sort of divinity, but in joseph's analysis, morality in it's most basic function is a mechanism of survival. It is mother nature's method of developing an intricate society. Without such "moral" codes of conduct, a civilization could not flourish in the manner it does today, and did throughout history. And perhaps this is why differences in moral beliefs is such a provoking subject, because an attack on ones set of moral standards is an attack on their very ability of survival, so a rebuttal is not so much an educated response but an instinct.

http://carm.org/what-is-moral-nihilism

To say the least, this article was much more depressing than the first. But to say a little more this philosophy of moral nihilism is a stance on morality denying its very existence. While definitely an intriguing perspective, what Matt Slick does not address is why individuals embrace this sense of ethical nihilism. He defines it more as a state of being than a philosophy of life. Which raise another interesting parallel, the similarities between perfect ethical nihilism and the Buddhist concept of enlightenment. Incorporating this concept into my paper will be interesting, I do not think i can explicitly use nihilism as a definition of morality, **__but this topic is important because__** I can use it as more an effect of ones definition of morality.

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/metaethics/ (Part 1)

Fist off, this article is incredibly lengthy, almost inordinately so. But the information I was able to extract was especially useful. This entire idea of metaethics, and these big questions such as "Is morality is issue of truth of taste?" is the entire axis of my argument and piece. Several of these larger questions include:
 * 1) What is the meaning of moral terms or judgments?
 * 2) What is the nature of moral judgments?
 * 3) How may moral judgments be supported or defended?

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/metaethics/ (Part 1)

Since this article was so long I broke it up into two parts. The second part of this article addressed this idea of moral epistemology, this idea of setting a sort of moral standard to judge all opinions on. An idea I would love to incorporate many of philosophies into and perhaps create my own.