(September 23, 2013 at 4:17 pm)Jiggerj Wrote: Within either a pack of wolves or lions, when animals that are low in the pecking order try to eat with the alphas, the alphas will snap at them or chase them off. Are the alphas teaching these subordinates that it is wrong to eat with them?
I have thought about this. I decided that every animal that lives in a group has some understanding of morality because every animal that lives in a group needs to treat the others with respect and do what is best for the group. Morality is a human word, with a human definition, and humans are just a small part of nature, but our understanding of morality proves there is morality in nature, and that other animals who live in groups understand it although not in our words which are human.
