Behold

"The Eyes"

Monica Rivera

Permanent marker on paper

Is morality in the eye of the beholder? I think so. What is considered moral to some may not be to others. Religion, culture, background, predisposition among many other factors play a role in our individual definitions of morality. What is the standard, and according to who? In Louis P. Pojman's work Ethical Theory, he states, "the more we learn to judge impartially and the more we know about possible forms of life, the better chance we have to approximate an ideal moral system. This drawing of mine fit my interpretation of objectivism. Individuals see things and interpret things differently from one another. Due to this, morality can also differ. In the drawing, there are multiple eyes in the place of knots on the aspen trees. These eyes can represent the different views of morality from numerous perspectives. Some perspectives are high, some are low, some are hidden in shadows from the tree canopy, while others receive warm from the gleaming sunlight through a break in the foliage above. Each of these perspectives sheds light into the fact that one persons pleasure is another persons pain and that there is no absolute way to decide what is always morally right or wrong.