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I wouldn't consider a bear that attacked my village and killed some of my friends "guilty". It's just biology, which is just chemistry, which is just physics.[1

I wouldn't consider a bear that attacked my village and killed some of my friends "guilty". It's just biology, which is just chemistry, which is just physics.[1] As are we all. In the same way I don't assign blame to viruses, or hold the river responsible for flooding. I'm still gonna kill the bear, though. [1] https://xkcd.com/435/ https://xkcd.com/435/

AstralStorm 8y ago
Guilt is a psychological and social human concept. Imagined result of a potential action. Few sociopaths feel it at all... It is probably adaptive as in helps survival die to fostering group cohesion when present in enough individuals.