Moral Obligation and Moral Objectivity

Abstract

“Why should I be moral?" is the most basic question that determines our value judgments and motivations regarding morality. Why being moral is necessary and what can be the source of moral responsibilities is an important problem. Moral truths are some laws that people feel obliged to behave in accordance with these truths and therefore try to avoid wrongs. If a law or a truth is deemed obligatory, it will be wrong for a person not to comply with it, so that it is necessary truth that will create a sanction power on its own. It can be said that the source of power of morality derives from the fact that moral truths are objective and therefore necessary truths. This means that the source of moral truths has a reference that transcends the world. In this study, the questions of whether moral obligations are possible or not, and if possible, what their nature and source might be will be discussed. By considering these questions within the framework of a realistic moral understanding, it will be argued that a relationship can be established between God and morality, and accordingly, moral obligations should be based on God.