We should take the Moral Highground

[Neo-Scholastic]

Once we find that we are capable of reflecting upon our actions, of choosing to act any any manner other than what comes naturally and consider the consequences of those actions - we find ourselves looking for a guide to act according to. Our instincts and drives do favor a particular direction for this guide, but they do not completely determine it. I'd say that if we are to have any morality at all, it should be based on reason, not instincts or divine command.

While I remain hopeful that reason could find a definitive basis for morality, I do not think a compelling refutation of nihilism has yet been presented. Maybe it lies somewhere halfway between Aristotle and Kant, I don’t know. In the meantime, reason alone seems more like a means for searching and not the final product.