(September 6, 2016 at 12:24 pm)JuliaL Wrote: For example, if human life were truly sacred, then momma bear would sacrifice her cub rather than killing the hunter. What is observed is that she will sacrifice the hunter or perhaps herself to save her offspring, the perpetuation of her replicating structure. I cannot observe her conscious reality as I cannot directly observe any other than my own, but I speculate that she sees the death of the hunter as "good."
Interesting example but I think you took it one step too far. The hunter represents a threat to her and her offspring. I don't think that she sees the death of the hunter as good, persay, but the life of the hunter as bad. Like she wouldn't neccesarily be "happy" if she ran across a dead hunter randomly...unless she was hungry. While I'm not really sure what happy bear looks like, I do know what angry bear looks like.
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Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder
