If We Ever Do Find A Better

Human Social Institutions Can Effect The Course Of Human Evolution. Just As Climate, Food Supply, Predators, And Other Natural Forces Of Selection Have Molded Our Nature, So Too Can Our Culture.

Without In Any Way Minimising The Economic And Psychological Blow That People Experience When They Lose Their Jobs, The Unemployed In Affluent Countries Still Have A Safety Net, In The Form Of Social Security Payments, And Usually Free Healthcare And Free Education For Their Children. They Also Have Sanitation And Safe Drinking Water.

In Appropriate Circumstances We Are Justified In Using Humans To Achieve Goals (or The Goal Of Assisting Animals).

Ethics Is Inescapable.

Ancient Recipients Of Instant News Probably Couldn't Do Very Much About It, For Instance. Xerxes Would Still Need Three Months To Get His Army Together, And He Might Not Get Home For Years.