Human nature is an interesting thing. It can lead some to devote their entire lives, unselfishly giving of their time and talents to those less fortunate. It often leads to other actions. Brutal, selfish and destuctive actions. On the one hand, we desire to serve and build and help. On the other we give in to utterly selfish desires. We see examples of these behaviours in the other orders of life as well. Lions will commit infanticide, heartlessly killing the children of another male while their mothers watch helplessly. A vampire bat will give a portion of its good meal to a friend who was not able to find food that night.
Which sort of behaviours in nature do we want to encourage in our human society? Just because a particular behaviour can be found in nature does not make it right or good in human society.
Let us not glorify nature and what it brings without understanding what we are doing. Do we want to go back to the depravity and unenlightened stages where we were in the stone age? The whole of human history has been one big fight to conquer the dangers of nature and it's processes. So please do not rationalize your behaviour or that of others just because we have natural impulses to do it. When we do so we are ignoring what it means to be an intelligent human being.
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