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Gondath -- if all morality is comes from biology and the environment, then there is no difference between someone who steps on our toe intentionally and someone who does so by accident. Both are acting under the influence of forces beyond their control. So why do we blame the one and not the other?
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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