Think about this for a moment. We are driven by our reactions to things. Usually we think about things before reacting but many times we react before thinking as well. The reason we react before thinking is that we are emotional and our emotion is highly valued. Not always are our emotions a great guideline though because they can cause us tremendous difficulties when they are not channeled or controlled in civilized, behaviorally acceptable ways. The point being is that we are emotional within our essence and knowing that we are a species more than inclined toward emotional behavior is insightful. We care about things that matter to us, not just in a logical sense but in a way that satisfies some basic instinct within our makeup. From that point to the next is that we are instinctive emotional beings. So any conclusion about our purpose in existence must include how we "feel" about what life is. Not our mental outlook on life but our emotional outlook. We see what is going on around us and it effects our soul in ways that are definite and definable. Just the utility of logic and common sense to serve as our equations for building our society is not enough. We must also factor in our understanding of what the nature of our emotions is telling us. We are not the hardened creatures who can look upon destruction of empathy and selflessness as virtue, on the contrary, we find ourselves looking for ways to bestow some form of opportunity, equality or fairness to our society that involves bettering the bad and alleviating the suffering. Our souls demand an enlightened and caring character from each of us and it is our duty and our destiny to our species to provide it.
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