the clash between stark realism and conscience and morality..
it is a perennial nagging issue in our thoughts and the triggers for our actions...
Even Shankara could not throw away the love for his mother..
At emotional level, we develop some attachments and to preserve and further the interests of the subject or object of our attachment, many of us, most of the time would make unbelievable sacrifices..
We may not be able to answer the issue sitting within the bonds of our emotions.. however feeble those emotions may look.