Unlike other instincts like hunger and pain, the moral instincts is tightly integrated with our conscious decision making process as well. So it's harder for hu

Unlike other instincts like hunger and pain, the moral instincts is tightly integrated with our conscious decision making process as well. So it's harder for humans to see it as distinctly as hunger or pain. Hunger and pain manifests itself as urges separate from the concept of "me". But morality and "me" feels to be one and the same so it's harder for people to believe that it's just something akin to your hunger instinct. Examining the moral conflict helps segregate the concept of morality as separate as we are able to then identify the logical inconsistencies within our own moral framework.