Morality is self-defeating because it is the do-gooders who commit the greatest atrocities. Those with the highest morality give no consideration to morality whatsoever.
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Beavers and bees are tremendously beneficial to the ecosystem. Do they try to be?
No. They are as selfish as can be.
Do they (animals, insects) conceive of morality in any sense?
I think the implication in the op’s tweet is human, not animal. Otherwise there’s no discussion.
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I didn’t mean it quite that literally. More just that when you—human or animal—do things out of sincere, honest selfishness, you fulfill your ‘Dharma’, supporting the whole order of the universe on your own part.
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