According to neural naturalism, moral objectivity does not rest on theological prescriptions, apriori truths, moral universal grammar, or reflective equilibrium. The basis for morality is that peoplehave objective vital needs without which they would be harmed in their ability to function as humanbeings. Actions have consequences that affect the needs of people; an action is right to the extent thatit furthers thoseneeds, and wrong to the extent that it damages them. Moral judgments are inherentlyemotional in that we feel approval toward what we take to be right and disapproval toward what wetake to be wrong. Like emotional experience in general, moral judgments have an element of cognitiveappraisal that should include assessment of the consequences of an action for the needs of the peopleinvolved. The assessment is not just a cold calculation of costs and benefits, but should include anelement of caring about those who are affected. Such caring enlists the physiological aspects ofemotions and the functioning of mirror neurons.