We Were Put on This Earth to Rise Above Nature, Not to Wallow In It

I think some people find it harder to act with conscience because they haven't had a good upbringing. If for example you were never taught right from wrong - and some people are not, they have parents who don't care- how would you learn how your actions affect other people? I also think comfort and safety has a lot to do with it. If people are trapped in a survival state because they never had their own basic needs met, they don't think about meeting the needs of others because self preservation comes first.

I would argue that being more natural would involve being less cruel and less greedy. Whenever I see people in touch with their natural selves they seem to be far more kind and generous. I think that the people who try to blame it on human nature are simply trying to justify their own unnatural behavior.

Humans are social animals. Our nature is to collaborate. The molding of our societies into hyper-competitive spaces is, I believe, the illness that breeds the cruelty.

Humans are part of nature. No one invented the human brain it arose naturally. People do not realise that cars computers jet planes genetic experiments; that's nature doing that through its own creation.

If to rise above” suggests taking direction from something more than instinct: values, conscience, spiritual growth, and deliberate living.
I’d have to go with rise above . 😊

Yes ,I agree there is no excuse for terrible behaviour.

Depends on context. My right and your right are not the same. As well, my wrong and your wrong.

I've worked in fields and made difficult decisions. I have avoided helping people outside my work obligations and the result was exposing others to danger. I have helped others outside regulation and been warned against it.


I will continue to make decisions where stakes grow and be called lazy, selfish and useless for prioritizing what I find important.

Human nature is what a person thinks is best at the time.The only difference here is scale and whoever notices. In my opinion

Pure ego.

We all know the difference.

Its just we are in a catch 22 situation:
Society nurtures dark triad types, which breeds desperation in the masses.
And when desperate, its hard to have the luxury to stay ethical 🫤