Derserve in this context is again about morality, and so I must say that it is a human concept and takes no place in the natural word, apart from of course humanity being part of nature.
Would a lion mother think that a male lion who eat her cub and then fell to it's death deserves it? On May 12, 9:12 am, AmandaRheen <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe it does come back to what you say – a crude neutralizing of > equation. Maybe it is connected to the Golden Rule – do unto others > as you would have them do unto you. Most other religions or > philosophies have some similar sort of rule phrased a bit > differently. > If not connected to something prescribed then natural law really is > about realigning a sense of acceptable power between people. Maybe as > a species people do have an innate sense of acceptable power limits in > that respect regardless of culture and history. I have sometimes > wondered if my own tendency to not taking revenge is actually a > behaviour or attitude in myself that makes me a bit defective in > comparison to others. > > On May 12, 1:35 am, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I was reading about natural law..and a though came to my mind ...in > > connection to revenge...and the concept of 'deserving' what someone > > gets..recent example osama deserved to die for what he did...what i > > mean is...is it natural...or universally presumed ...like in the > > language to 'forgive' ...not give ...give back....give back what is > > due...the same injury...i cant go into detail at the moment but this > > what the jist is...is it a crude neutralising of equation...is that > > what it all comes down to in simple terms- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
