Morality is defined as a lesson, especially about what is right or prudent, and which can be gleaned from a story, information, or experience. Morals are a person's standards of behavior or beliefs about what is and is not acceptable to do. If asked, most people would claim that the morals they live their lives by come from God. A set of standards taught to them from childhood, which guide them in the right direction through life. But do our morals really come from God? By saying that our morals come from God or a higher being, it is implied that without this higher education we would be lost. We would have no moral compass, wondering all our lives committing horrendous acts against each other. Without God and his omnipotent instructions on the dos and don'ts of life, we would not be able to understand how to act decently or how to treat each other. Do we really need God to tell us these things? This idea would imply that there are individuals who go about their daily lives abiding by these ideas only because they fear the repercussions that might eventually come. Are we not capable of deciding for ourselves what is good and what is bad without the handwritten instructions of an omnipresent being who watches and judges? As far as I'm concerned, I believe that humankind is capable of deciding these matters for itself. Is God a possible explanation of morality? In the Euthyphro dilemma, Socrates asked the question; Does God command goodness because it is good? Or is what God commands good because he commanded it? This question could be rephrased as follows: Does God follow a pre-existing moral code? Or did God himself create this code? This is an important idea because… in the middle of the paper… about what is “right and wrong” you still see a reaction when they make another child cry. It is then later, through the teaching of adults around that child, reinforced and explained, that you give the child a deeper understanding of why their action was morally wrong. In conclusion, the idea that we are told what is right and what is wrong by a superior, all-knowing being who needs to guide us through this life is an antiquated idea. With our innate cognition comes the understanding of what is right. The fundamental building blocks of morality are innate and are exposed through our life experiences. The empathy and teachings of the elders around us are the sculptors of our moral code. Is it possible for God to give us our morals? Of course it is. Will anyone ever know the real answer? No. And that's the beauty of philosophy: “I don't know and I will never know” is an acceptable answer.