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Monday, August 4, 2014

Morality is an animal quality

For those who don't believe it, or were told something different, I present one small example of the fact that morality is an inherited animal characteristic.

Bear saves crow.

Well fed bear expends minimal effort, a quick grapple, and a gentle touch to rescue a fellow creature. This is altruism. What can the bear gain from the crow?  What does it matter if the crow dies? Sure if the bear was starving that crow might be dinner. But we would all act desperately if we were desperate.

This is a moral code in its raw animal form. It does not come from a book, nor from a gathering. It is in our nature. We can be kind to others innately.  Only what we teach one another changes what we used to understand.

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