/lit/ - Literature

>>19306293
>Attempting to root “oughts” and “ought nots” in evolution is just an appeal to nature
which is invalid because ...?
>Evolutionarily, I’d benefit from becoming the ultimate rapist and killing other people’s children.
and that is exactly what pic related did. but in our society you go to prison and get raped and beaten for doing that, which deters people from doing it. we are a form of life that is HIGHLY interdependent and has developed very complicated ways of restraining each others behaviour to ensure our own safety. when bees fuck up a drunk bee that comes in the hive are they applying ethical principles or are they just acting as a group in a way that benefits the hive as a whole?