Most probably, humans were now so few and scattered that small groups would need to grow significantly from within before the chance to interact with other communities could ever materialize in the future. What were now the evident features of the world, those of our time? Human population had practically disappeared, culled and purged by external entities who appeared to our senses as humanoid figures, glowing in nature and difficult to distinguish from one another. How do we understand, know about them? How do we judge when we talk about what is right and what is wrong? Can moral judgments be objectively true? Do they depend on historical beliefs, or must they suit the world we now live in? Were the Spartans righteous when they left disabled babies to die on Mount Taigeto? Or the Romans when they flung traitors from the Tarpeian Rock to their deaths? One has to confer with others on these things. The dictionary defines a “deviant” as someone who "does not fit the conventions, ethical or behavioral, or social expectations of the group or the society in which he lives.” Did we reach the point where our conventions and beliefs faltered? What were our social expectations?Įthics, right and wrong behaviors, social good and wisdom, its acceptance and refusal, all come from interacting with others.
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