Moral Nihilism is a standard of immorality

Thanks for bringing an important subject to the debating floor. In our modern age, the scientific method has become inseparable from human endeavor; hence, the subject of morality is now under the microscope of science. I take the Con position relative to “Moral Nihilism is a standard of immorality.” As defined in this debate, “Moral Nihilism”- Ethical nihilism or moral nihilism rejects the possibility of absolute moral or ethical values.My position supports that there is the existence of an absolute moral field within all life in group formation that disputes said “Moral Nihilism.” Since all life is a product of the physical Laws of Nature; implies a derivative or source of absolute morality is a manifestation of those Laws. By the way, the physical Laws of Nature are not metaphysical, they are absolute. Relative to those laws we have the following binary combination: Compliance is the standard of morality.Incompliance is the standard of immorality. One may ask, compliance to what? The answer is, the absolute (aka non-changing) physical Laws of Nature is the reference to morality. For example, when one does not morally comply with the Laws of Aerodynamics, planes will not fly. When one does not comply with a social “universal morality,” groups, cultures, corporations, packs, social-systems in general will not exist. My opening statement is on the science of Morality, not the metaphysical.First paragraph in Stanford's Encyclopedia states it nicely. http://plato.stanford.edu...The key phrase from Stanford's Encyclopedia is: “universal morality.” Simply, an absolute! The following is a recent scientific view on morality: http://www.michaelshermer.com...http://www.amazon.com...The above, Scientific American's article and Stanford's take on morality, relative to “non-human animals,” reflects the Constructal Law connection. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...http://www.amazon.com...Relative to the Constructal Law, Morality is an outgrowth of life's Unalienable Rights (“Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness”), which are an outgrowth of the Constructal Law, which is an outgrowth of the Laws of Thermodynamics, a part of the physical Laws of Nature; not metaphysical. For a simple overview, see the following YouTube short presentation title: “The Science of Rights:” The “Science of Rights” YouTube presentation, shows that symmetry is found throughout the properties of the Laws of Nature. http://www.amazon.com...For example, the subtle nonverbal communication between a parent and infant flows through life's Unalienable Rights in harmonious inter-species symmetry. This symmetry is apparent when we hear the cries from the screeching chirps within a nest, to the whimpering pups in a den, to the cries of a human infant along with the feelings those sounds evoke; the sounds throughout the tree of life. In many species, a newborn cries instinctively, elevating its cry to a scream when something is wrong--such as hunger triggered by the genetically programmed need to pursue food. Among humans, the parent is instinctively annoyed or alarmed by this cry and, in distress, tries to seek mutual happiness by catering to the infant's desires. In contrast, there is something quite pleasant about the sight of a smiling infant, as it naturally invites the sharing of happiness. The behavioral difference between a smile and a cry are the tenets of right and wrong, the foundation of morality.The smiles and cries do not end with infancy; they persist through the cycle of life, from cradle to grave. The perception of doing something right, manifesting in happiness between parent and child, naturally extends to the scope of the family, our neighbors, and throughout society, with the desire to bring about happiness, promoting cooperation and social unity. Morality is a bias, a drive, and a desire to promote positive-feedback that embraces happiness and preserves an atmosphere of goodwill.A second example, when two or more humans form a group, the group becomes alive as a separate entity having its own Unalienable Rights. The pursuit of group happiness through goodwill and kindness leads to a mutual moral respect for the Unalienable Rights of all the members within the group, embracing the group's Unalienable Rights. That is, goodwill and kindness keeps the group alive (“Life”), having freedom (“Liberty”) to do things together, in “the pursuit of” objectives and once accomplished, positive feedback (“Happiness”). Goodwill, is a conservative force that promotes order, stability, and harmony through the pursuit of group-wide positive-feedback. Over time, group-wide positive-feedback is the genesis of traditions, values, beliefs, language, etc., the norms of society. These norms are tried and tested, and conservatively pass down from one generation to the next establishing its culture. A moral order guides an individual in the prudent exercise of judgment relative to those norms, going with the social flow minimizing civil resistance (Constructal Law). The individual in a civil society strives, albeit imperfectly, to be virtuous; that is, restrained, ethical, and honorable, respecting and embracing the Unalienable Rights of others relative to those tested norms. The evidence of morality in a wide range of independently developed cultures across isolated human tribes, empirically supports the standard traits found through all cultures responsible for traditions (including traditional dance, sports, etc.), ethical values, beliefs, languages, etc. Those common traits formed the independent civil societies found throughout the world today and throughout recorded history. In other words, all cultures have ethical values, all cultures are found to have beliefs, and so on, and not one culture was found to be atheistic; implies these traits represents a set of moral constants, or what Stanford University claims “universal morality,” a footprint within the absolute physical Laws of Nature. Hence; it is not “Nihilism,” but it is a function of life's Unalienable Rights interacting with nature that sets fort morality or immorality within its absolute context defined by the physical Laws of Nature. Finally, morality is not “Nihilism,” according to empirical evidence of common social traits found in isolated cultures, Stanford University's position on a “universal morality,” and the morality's traceable path via life's Unalienable Rights to the Constructal Law. Perhaps, one day morality will be a subject of study in a high school science class. A subject, educational systems throughout the world seems to be struggling with.