RE: The Bible: A Moral book?!
April 13, 2012 at 8:31 am
(This post was last modified: April 13, 2012 at 8:37 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Ants have a leg up on us in that regard. I wouldn't go so far as to call them altruistic though. As far as we know they don't have a concept of "self" nor do they produce any chemicals or reactions or exhibit any behavior we associate with "fear". They seem to be incapable of fear, and don't seem to have any notion of self, that would make them something more like sophisticated automatons than altruists (but I suppose that's more a matter of opinion than fact-and clearly colored by my bias as a human being).
Discussing the "morality" of ants is gonna be a tough one.
(shameless aside, I just love ants)
Discussing the "morality" of ants is gonna be a tough one.
(shameless aside, I just love ants)
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