Moral Reasoning

I think that taking a Philosophy course may have been a poor life decision, as my friend Nichole would say. I already have a tendency to think a bit too much about things and analyze each decision until my head hurts and my friends are sick of hearing about it.

Now once you start throwing all this stuff about act ultilitarianism, rule ultilitarianism, and the categorical imperative at me the questions just won't stop. What exactly is morality and why are humans obsessed with it? More importantly, if there are so many different definitions of what morality is (or should be) and how to act morally, then how can any one theory be correct? I'm beginning to think that there might be more to ethical relativism than meets the eye...hmmmm

Oh well, if this class doesn't cause me to go into contemplative overdrive then it will definitely build my vocabulary. Try teleological and deontological on for size...