being logical

Saw an excerpt from a book,

‘Gray can exist as gray only because there are the distinct alternatives of black and white. That you might find yourself at times in a situation in which you see no clear alternatives does not mean, objectively considered, that there are no clear alternatives. It simply means that you do not see them. Don’t project your subjective state of uncertainty upon the world at large and claim objective status for it.’

- D. Q. McInerny, Being Logical

Often when we are caught in situations where we need to give a reason for our choices, we sometimes take the easy way out and say "This kind of thing, very hard to say lah... it's a grey area...". But the truth is that our basis is weak, and because it is weak, we say the "politically" correct statement to cease all questioning. But I guess the author is right to say that it is often because we don't see the alternative, we say it's grey. And he is also right to say we cannot put what is subjective (our feelings, thoughts, emotions) and claim objective status for it and expect the whole world to conform to it. Not too hard to understand, but very hard to live it out, especially when we are right in the middle of it.