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Lambs don't think eagles are evil because lambs don't have complex systems of morality. The lamb is just frightened and sad that it's gonna get eaten. It isn't
by peterwwillis 7y ago
Lambs don't think eagles are evil because lambs don't have complex systems of morality. The lamb is just frightened and sad that it's gonna get eaten. It isn't judging the eagle. It knows there's nothing "personal" about getting eaten; the eagle has to eat to survive.
Whereas in our world, we judge each other with our own set of complex rules, and we treat each other based on those rules, rather than just rules of survival. It results in a lot of conflict that has absolutely nothing to do with competing for a mate, finding food, or sheltering. We trick ourselves into believing the complex rules are more real than reality. We think 'evil' is real, when in reality it's an imaginary concept that doesn't exist as a part of nature. There is no such thing as an evil being.
Hell, we think there's an invisible being in the sky that watches our every move and judges us, and based on that belief we kill people. As a species, we're insane.