Hard to say about wolf people, but indigenous people and other nature lovers have claimed to form an outlook based on animal studies/worship, which seems to enhance their sense of human ethical perceptions.
"... so that tells me that people are just internalizing what framework they take or make from the society around them."
Over the past few years this has been a mark of departure for you and I. I am convinced there is something innate in the human condition that recognizes good and evil. So it tells me that lessons from society are confirmational. I agree that experiences lead to clarification. How many times in history has one ethical person or a small group of people stood up against some quirky societal issue, only to find that the rest of us heard them and said, "you know, what we've been doing just seems/feels wrong, lets change."
It seems to me that when wisdom presents itself, even when coming from the meek, it is firm and transcribable onto the hearts of others, it is enduring inspite of time, circumstance, and mysteries of the ages.
As we are disappointed by one type of deception or another some of us stand up against it and endeavor to rise above it, while others see such things as lessons on how to succeed from a dog-eat-dog perspective. I see the former as founded upon self confidence and a belief that goodness ultimately prevails inspite of the apparent advantages insidious strategems claim. I see the latter as promising the self reliant strength needed to overcome a clever foe. I choose the former but am not gullible regarding the choice of others and don't intend to be found defenseless in the face of deception.
Neither perspective, on its own promises an easy life. Impulses and desire are always present. The extent of self discipline in that regard is a personal choice, and not one that can be prescribed by others very effectively. I suppose you could take a lesson from Tao and simplify your life as much as possible if you are willing to also lose some of the richness of involvement in society.
From my perspective I like this quote:
"Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures where nobility will fertilize the soul." Rebecca West (1892-1983: Irish Critic, journalist, and Novelist)
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