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Why are we the only creatures who can choose that? Does a crow have no agency to be the first to food and challenge the leader or the scout who keeps watch for
by bix6 2y ago
Why are we the only creatures who can choose that?
Does a crow have no agency to be the first to food and challenge the leader or the scout who keeps watch for the others while they feast?
Can a dolphin not choose to align more closely with play than rape?
It seems to me that animals have much more agency than we choose to believe / allow.
- MrMcCall 2y agoThey always choose their instinct to survival; only we have a conscience and free will to choose whether to behave selflessly or selfishly. Only we can think abstractly about the needs of the group, the happiness of others.