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>>14842656
Fucking kek. Monkeys and great apes have complex moral systems and while we cannot definitively determine scientifically that it isn't just "social strategy" you can't do so with humans either. Thinking that humans are the only creatures capable of moral behavior is effectively denying evolution. If there were not moral systems present in our evolutionary ancestors we wouldn't have them. Full stop. Darwin noted that every single human quality is not different in kind from animals but only different to the degree at which it is present. Have you read any research on animal cognition and morality? Try out Frans De Waal for starters. I see no reason to believe that an ape cannot act "morally" since they do perform typical human "moral" actions and have been demonstrated to have metacognitive capabilities. In short, stop talking about shit you know nothing about