>>15365770>But if compassion is a natural instinct, why do we remain in shock upon seeing it in the other species?I don't think it is, it's something we learn from others and we practice it because it let's us survive and mingle. Kids are fucking devils and would kill anything smaller than them for fun.
>compassion in animal kingdomDo you mean cases such as grieving elephants? Or (insert any smart animal like certain breeds of dogs or dolphins) doing (moderately moral thing by our standards)?
>from the smallest and most insignificant plank particle to the biggest clusters of galaxiesI doubt compassion has any significance in the grand scheme on cosmic scale, unless we believe in higher powers that value it.