Imagine that a member of your family has just died, a member to whom you are very close. Your relative is hated by your entire family because they thought this person exhibited selfish and deceitful behavior. Instead of sympathizing with the loss of their loved one, they express a feeling of antipathy, wishing the worst for that person in the afterlife and expecting you to do the same. You want to honor the memory of your loved one by organizing a memorial ceremony, but your family forbids you and threatens to cut all ties with you if you choose to do so. Faced with this difficult situation, what do you think is the right thing to do? Sophocles attempts to address these questions of good, evil, and human morality through the characters in his play Antigone. Since there are many different views of moral obligations and they vary along the principles of religion, civic duty, family commitment, and commitment to loved ones, we learn that there is no good or bad behavior, just what we believe in our minds to be justifiable. or what is favored by society at the time. So what exactly is morality and why does it pose such a complicated question? In the book Western Philosophy by David Papineau, he discusses the many different approaches to moral beliefs. The view of morality of famous philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle is the personal behavior and set of inner values ​​of a person. Morality can also arise from a social point of view, where popular belief reigns over all others; if most believe it to be true, then it must present itself as true. But as noted in the book, even these interpretations can be “very narrow views” (134). Morality also arises from a religious point of view. Religion has perhaps had the greatest impact on people's lives and the way they understand morality. This often happens when a person holds tightly to what they cherish, whether it is their family, religion, laws, or loved ones. There is a reason behind everything we do. Maybe our actions don't seem right to others, but in our minds we are heroes. Who cares if everyone doesn't see it? Works Cited Antigone. Real. Yorgos Javellas. Prod. Démetrios Paris. By Yorgos Javellas. Perf. Irene Papas and Manos Katrakis. Kino Video, 1961. DVD. Kruger, Chaddie. “Winning Mount Olympus.” Calliope 23.3 (2012): 2. MAS Ultra - School edition. Internet. December 8, 2013. Papineau, David. Western Philosophy: An Illustrated Guide. London: Oxford UP, 2004. Print. Walker, Kathryn. "Between individual principles and community obligation: ethical duty in Sophocles' Antigone." Mosaic [Winnipeg] 41.3 (2008): 199+. Literary Resource Center. Internet. December 2. 2013.