This may get a bit wordy, so please excuse that...
I was thinking this morning, how are people and animals alike? How are we different?
Now, I know that people are animals, mammals, primates. So what separates us from different species? An extra fold or two in our brains? Opposable thumbs? A face conducive to speech? Could it be morals? Do other animals have morals?
I know that animals have behaviors based on instinct, the instinct being what is best for survival of the species. Those that don't follow the rules are outcast, or killed, removed from the gene pool...which got me thinking about prisons, mental institutions, and why people are removed from society. Because they behave in ways that are not beneficial to the pack. Which sounds an awful lot like morality.
This made me realize that when you question a person's morality, it's so offensive because you are questioning their suitability to be part of the people pack. Their suitabilty to reproduce, to be.
Thoughts?
2007-11-09
02:41:55
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