“While we may use reason to stratify and rationalize our moral feelings, I argue that it is ultimately a venture performed in vain—at least in some respects. As I have mentioned before, Kant’s own desire to extricate objective morality from subjective experience is admirable, but ultimately it fails because morality is just that: murky ambiguities. As human beings, we can choose only what seems to be correct; but at the foundation of all our actions is the necessary truth that most moral systems—outside of what nature provides us in regards to killing, thievery, incest, etc.—are arbitrary and expedient. We create them because they make sense within the complexities of our societies, but neither the universe, nor our own reason, demand them of us. They are useful illusions. That being said, as science continues to pull back the veil on the intricacies of our motives, we may find that our own biology fosters a more complex moral system, one that includes universal emancipation and equality. We may find that, rather than being traits that philosophers must argue are ethical or necessary, certain ethical decisions are in fact a part of our biological tendencies. Outside of that, though, there are very few “correct” answers in ethics. Only the ones we choose to believe in.”
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