Absolute perfectionism, the basis of moral realism

Sarbakhshi, Mohammad

Absolute perfectionism, the basis of moral realism

Document Type : Original Article

Author

mohammad Sarbakhshi

Assistant Professor of Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, Department of Philosophy, Qom, Iran

Abstract

Every moral school must show its rationality in four elements: logical, epistemological, semantic and ontological. Below each of these elements are questions that need to be answered in order to form a complete moral theory. The most important question concerns the ontological element, Its meaning is the determination whether the value and moral obligation are real or unreal. And there is a fundamental approach to this: realism and moral unrealism. Realists have used various things as the basis for proving realism, the most recent of which is the reliance on the love of nature. Our effort is to show that the above question can be answered on the basis of perfection. Perfection means either human or divine perfection. Relying on human perfection, a secular approach to moral values can be adopted and at the same time the rationality of moral values can be explained, but by relying on divine perfection, the most logical and reasonable justification for moral values is provided and the highest moral value makes sense.

Keywords

Realism

Perfectionism

Human Perfection

Divine Perfection

Value

Necessity

Obligation