A Bit of Snobbish Advice

Excuse me if this comes off as intellectually pompous, tis not my intention. Scienticians (those who believe in scientism) seem to operate on the assumption that survival is enough of a motivator when it comes to morality. If we convince people that the survival of the human species rests on them undertaking certain actions (ecological conservation, for example), then this will motivate them to act. If we convince them that it rests on them accepting certain moral limits to their behavior, we will have a moral society. In point of fact, mere survival of the species will never be enough for people AS people, and not as abstracted individuals. My reason for acting must be more than mere survival, for it really to be a reason at all. Explaining why this is can't be done in the space of a few pages or a blog post here and there, just read Dostoevsky, and then you will understand. Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot, Notes From The Underground, these explain this fact through story and argumentation much more effectively than I can.