Oh I am so tired of this “natural” argument. It’s natural! It can’t be wrong because it’s na~tural!
But hey, you want to talk about what’s natural? Let’s talk about what’s natural. So let’s see here. First of all, murder. And I don’t mean for protection. I don’t mean hunting for food either, we’ll get to that later, I mean senseless slaughter. The chasing down and killing of another just because it was there.
What else? Cannibalism, of course. Everything from just eating a member of the same species to eating a mating partner, eating babies, and even eating their own babies!
Rape? The fate worse than death? Wouldn’t you know it that’s not only natural but it’s backed by who knows how many thousands of years of evolution! Female ducks have literally evolved specific ways to avoid pregnancy from unwanted male advances. I’m not even posting a link to this one. Too many pictures and videos.
“But Lyra” you might say, “You’re talking about specific species. We’re talking about eating meat. That’s something many animals do.” You’re absolutely right. Many animals eat meat. They even do it two different ways. They either hunt for meat, or scavenge for meat. Humans don’t have the digestive tract to scavenge, so clearly they must be hunters. Please describe to me then how going to a supermarket and picking up a pound of ground beef falls into anything describing a hunter? Sounds kind of unnatural to me.
Speaking of unnatural. Wanna know what’s unnatural? Environmental awareness. Massive farms used to produce lots of food in a small space, so as to disrupt as little of the neighboring ecosystem as possible. Charity for those less fortunate. Contraception. The purchasing of goods or services through an object or concept that may be amassed in such a way that is completely divorced from whatever it may be used to acquire, creating a society of efficiency through specialization in given areas we call jobs.
Civilization is not natural. Trusting that this tiny little coin can be used to feed me or assure my continued ownership over this territory I call a house is not natural. We. Are not. Natural. We often actively avoid things that are natural!
No matter how you feel about something society does, never argue that it’s right or wrong because it’s natural.