To me, this sounds like a naturalistic fallacy. "It's nature, so it's morally correct."
Point to many other system in nature which is advanced as human social interactions which include language, law, contracts, etc, etc.
Sorry, I don't buy it. Chimps are violent, no doubt about it. We evolved to dominate the world because of our cooperation. There's a whole back story to this relating to the whites of our eyes, the size of our brains and the limitation of hips requiring a more nurturing, cooperative community to protect and nurture new borns, etc.
The human brain is special and cooking (pre-digesting our food) to create a high neuron count per calorie had a lot to do with that: https://www.ted.com/talks/suzana_herculano_houzel_what_is_so_special_about_the_human_brain
To me, this sounds like a naturalistic fallacy. "It's nature, so it's morally correct."
Morals have nothing to do with it. It's just nature.
We evolved to dominate the world because of our cooperation
Agreed - but that is the negotiations part of interaction. When negotiation falls apart - you're still left with violent action.
The evolutionary biology doesn't take away - or alter from this innate behavior.
Fights on Saturday night, to tribal confrontations, to war.
The same patterns _forever repeat themselves, irrelevant of historical times.
I have the hunch that what we need is just bonobotize us a lil bit more. :)
I find this conversation very fascinating.
You both make good points @lukestokes @lucylin.
I agree with @lucylin that violence is part of nature and there is an unhealthy risk of trying to deny we all have that. However, I also believe in choice thus @lukestokes we can create the reality we want by example.
Don't know whether this has any relation... but just the other day I finished playing Red Dead Redemption 2 - really awesome AAA gaming experience where you take the hero character and navigate different parts of the wild west.
However, without realising it... I probably massacred over 1,000 people over the course the game. Headshots, groin shots, shotgun to the face. And I must say I enjoyed it massively.
Of course this does not make me a murderous psychopath in real life... but why do I get so much joy from these virtual actions. So, I've come to accept that there is a part of me that enjoys violence particularly when exacted upon things which are morally aligned to my worldview... haha.
Point is... maybe that's how we as a human society can manage our violent tendencies and create a non-violent world... through video games, cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and HIVE. 😄