Our Captor: Morality (Also on Ephilosopher)

Morality today is a concept or rather a code which many of us take for face value. It seems to me that each of us is brought up in an environment which embraces this Moral code with open arms and without any questions whatsoever. It is this moral code, which unknown to us, is destroying the very core behind our existence. Some say our purpose to exist is to think, and while that is a debate in its own right, one cannot argue against the fact that it is our ability to think and contemplate on the world around us that separates us from any other living organism. To put it simply, it is the faculty of thought and reason combined that makes us what we are - human.

This moral code, which is nothing but the product of another human mind, seems to be the single set of rules which plays God with the way we are deemed to conduct ourselves. We do not seem to realize however, that it is this moral code which contrary to our belief and a complete antithesis to the reason for its creation, is doing nothing but enslaving the human mind to needless servitude. By blindly accepting a code which defines the core values of what we call life, have we not conceded that the human mind is incapable of thinking for itself any more? Is it that hard to believe that as our individual selves we, as humans need not conform to some set of rules given the status of divine commandments?

I ask you: Why is it that this moral code that allegedly looks after the best interest of the human race as a whole, teach us that it is wrong to fulfill our own desires and next to divine to go out of our way to make sure others' desires are fulfilled? Why does it teach us that indulgence is a sin and that happiness is something which cannot be experienced without "selfless" service? Time is the great equalizer and life is its medium of choice. Then why is it today, that it is the haves who must give to the have nots for the sole reason that they haven't tried hard enough?

The human mind, in all its glory is capable of accomplishing unimaginable things. How then can we so casually give up its power? In the end, everything that is "moral" can be decided by a basic choice left to the human mind: Yes or no. True or false. Right or wrong. Is it so inconceivable to imagine we are capable of making such choices ourselves? Is it not moral to seek one's own happiness? Is it not moral to fulfill one's own desires? Is it not moral to put yourself before everyone else?

There is a line between self-interest and selfishness. Morality as we know it today renders that line irrelevant by putting everyone else before the individual. It teaches us that the desires of the self must precede the greater good of man. Such a method of thought and reason cannot be practically ideal for a world as diverse as ours. Have we gone too far down the road to realize the fundamental error in our way of life which degrades the happiness of the individual? I sincerely hope not. Perhaps this moral degeneracy that finds itself more prevalent these days is a sign of things to come. It is a sign that the individual is finding a voice in the grand scheme of things. Perhaps, it isn't moral degeneracy at all. It is probably just the result of a rebellion against a system that condemns the desires of the self. It is a direct result of the error in our judgment. It is a result of the human mind's suppression. Perhaps one day, the human mind will reassert it's superiority over dogma. Perhaps one day, the only morality one needs to adhere to, is the response to the human mind's basic choice: Yes or no. True or false. Right or wrong.