The opium wars are not obscure!

Yay!

I bet that your reading of the opium wars is in accord with that of many respectable historians and discord with many other respectable historians.

Fair enough. I guess it would've been better to start with a more personal example.

What do you mean?

I trust my moral intuitions about if something is ultimately good or bad, but spend time reflecting on my emotions, which I often act contrary to.

Often when I'm annoyed its the result of someone misunderstanding something, or me not eating recently or sleeping enough. When I'm working with someone on a goal that I've determined is good (like, my FIRST team or something) and I feel the urge to snap at someone, I try to not do it. It would feel right, but snapping would probably do things contradictory to my goals.

Suspending emotions is easier when I run through a checklist of why I might be feeling it. For instance when I'm tired (often a forerunner to me becoming lazy, or irritable) I ask myself if I'm actually just hungry. If I think that's why, I go eat and things are better, and my actions are more consistent.