Who Sets the Standard For Our Morals, Ethics, Integrity…all Values?
Suppose there were no civil authorities. A do as you please’ society. There would still probably be men who would kill you for having an affair with his wife. Or certainly for rape of his young daughter. Or if, after he worked and brought in food for his family, you should steal it from him. Animals have no such rules or laws and therefore, in the wild, they break many of our moral and ethical laws. If one animal has killed some food, and another is capable of taking it, he will do so. The strongest is the one which gets the female. So in the animal kingdom, it is often that of “might makes right”. But even they sometimes have ethics. Usually if a dog is attacked by a larger dog, if he will fall down and turn on his back, a sign of submission, the other will not normally bother him. He may stand over him staring for any movement, but will usually walk away. When a dog turns his tender belly up towards the other, both know that the aggressor could rip him open. But it is some kind of un
