I look at nature and I see that it also appears to also be made by someone who is PERSONAL, POWERFUL, LOGICAL, and MORAL
Wow! That's totally not what I see. I see IMPERSONAL, POWERFUL, LOGICAL, and AMORAL.
AMORAL is not IMMORAL, mind you. Nature has its own rules. It doesn't care about us per se or what we think as individuals. That doesn't mean we aren't part of it. We are just a part of it that thinks it is more important than it is. We have a place, but that's it. A place. As far as morals go, a parasitic wasp that lays its eggs in other creatures so that they are eaten from the inside out is not a MORAL act. It is an act of survival. It is logical. It is powerful. It is impersonal.
A resource is available and a mechanism exists for exploiting it. The notions of fair, unfair, right, wrong, good and bad are abstract quantities that generally don't have a manifestation in nature, unless there is a reason. There are gradients in all things. There appears to be no absolutes.
Do you think that plants "like" to be eaten? I don't. But, you know what? They deal with it and make the best of their situation. They provide sacrificial offerings of themselves to benefit as much as possible from the inevitable. The berry says, "Here is this delicious berry. Eat it. Don't chew it too much because my seed is inside and it will stick in between your teeth. I will give you this treat so that I may continue myself in the fertilizer you leave behind you." That's about it. That's what berries "think". The berry doesn't care about you. You are just one possible mechanism.
If you ever study parasitology you will see that some of the intermediate vectors are not obvious at all, but nonetheless are LOGICAL. Parasites don't want to know you. They don't care what you think. The don't ask if it is right or wrong. Frequently, parasites become commensalists, or sometimes even beneficial, because YOU doing well means THEY do well. Kind of like your relationship to the CEO of your favorite company!!
So Greg, it is back to school for you because out the 4 you postulated you only got 2 right. Moral and Personal don't make the list. Powerful and Logical certainly do. |
