Empathy

I find it perplexing and often sad that so many people work so hard against their nature in order to live up to an ancient ethical code. The relevance of this code in this day and age is highly questionable in my opinion, and our ability to fully understand it is also questionable. I believe that it was a product of a culture that is now long gone, and I don’t think it was in any way perfect when it was first formulated. No more perfect than our laws today. I think empathy is a far superior moral compass. For me, forsaking our desires and feelings for an interpretation of a confusing anthology from an ancient culture is a strange and artificial way to live.