So the whole world is arguing. There is no common moral compass, no North Star.
Why do we argue so? You can’t defend your point of view from your own point of view if your source, or your bible, is not respected by the person you are trying to convince.
We tend to look backward for some cause to champion, to some wise figure from the past, and we trust that far away some divinity has consecrated that person.
But the divinity, is right here before us, and all we have to do is look at the causes to recognize it. There are four clear causes, as Aristotle presciently prescribed.
The first is material, the matter of it, and that is simply nature. The second is formal, and that is qualia, for qualia informs all matter, helping it to endure in the fittest way. The third cause is the efficient cause, which brings it into being, and that is ritual. All beings ritual, engaging in qualiadelic relationships which create landscapes and secure their place in them.
The fourth and final cause regards purpose. And this is where we find our moral compass. Generally, purpose is survival, of both the individual as well as the unique landmarks and pathways which guide them to what they need to survive.
Now, in a divine sort of way, ecosystems animate all four causes. That is why all beings find harmony within the niches in which they exist. All beings, that is, except human beings, who have no niche.
That much is generally true, but specifically it is clear that our purpose, the final cause of humanity, at least at this juncture, is to reharmonize ourselves with ecosystems. Otherwise we will find ourselves with the same fate as any other creature who is without a niche, although most creatures have lost lost theirs through no fault of their own.