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by tilne 412 days ago
Do you believe our species is capable of that in the collective sense? Isn’t “might makes right” basically the law for all animals? And if you agree with that, doesn’t it follow that to “rise morally above” that would require somehow transcending the limitations imposed by our biological reality?
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> transcending the limitations imposed by our biological reality?

IMHO that's almost the definition of civilization.

I agree somewhat at the collective level. I don’t think that applies as much at the individual level though.
Why wouldn’t it?
Why would it?