An Appraisal Of The Basis Of Moral Obligation

PROPOSALThe subject matter of this essay is the philosophical problem of the foundation of moral obligation. On what foundation, if any, does morality lie? What or who grounds the rightness or wrongness of moral actions? These questions, though they appear trivial and innocuous have eluded permanent or satisfactory answers. They have eluded answers and solutions not because of lack of attempt but because the answers offered seem to have either made the problem more complicated by raising newer questions about the problem or the solutions themselves are not conclusive. Down the age, philos…