Philosophy of a Martyr

A unique ethical system is defended here. Commonly, the moral sense is thought to arise from evolution, as a sense of duty to one’s clan. It is here argued that this sense is in fact a red herring, and that there is a true ethics less sought after which natural selection in fact selects against. The position is derived from first principles in the beginning sections. In the later sections, specific examples of ethical principles falling into this system are given. If certain ethical beliefs are more likely to survive than others, then how do we go about finding out which ethics, if any, are real? If society has conditioned us into believing that what it wants is ethical, then how can we distinguish its conditioning from true ethics?