Nature is opportunistic and, to some degree, utterly immoral. The "pollution" of cyanobacteria creating an Oxygen rich atmosphere or of lignin rich trees litter

Nature is opportunistic and, to some degree, utterly immoral. The "pollution" of cyanobacteria creating an Oxygen rich atmosphere or of lignin rich trees littering the world with their branches, trunks, and stumps that wouldn't be biodegradable for tens of millions of years, all of that pales in comparison to the raw brutality of the food chain. Organisms murder one another in cold blood to steal the nutrients of their bodies. It doesn't get more opportunistic and selfish than that, but that's nature. It's only since mankind got the upper hand on nature that it's been possible to view nature in any other light than primarily harsh and uncaring (like a supernova or volcano). Humanities tendencies towards selfishness and opportunism are perfectly natural, asking us to be different is actually asking humans to be unnatural. Which I think is justified, but we should make clear what is being asked and not painting humans as being something their not (i.e. uniquely exploitive, violent, selfish, etc.)