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  • a task or action that someone is required to perform

    This I can understand.

    "human biological duties"

    This, which you've made up, I don't understand. It doesn't make sense to me. "Biological duties" seems like a contradiction in terms. In fact it sounds ridiculous. And there's no logical connection between the definition of "duty" you gave above and this undefined term "human biological duties" which you've introduced. If it's in line with your previous expositions about family, then it is in fact distinct from the definition of "duty" you gave and incoherent.

    Regardless, whatever it is you're talking about doesn't seem like what the authors of the article were talking about or what I was asking about. So again, consistently, it seems like we're talking about different things. In fact it's looking more and more like you're just reaching and trying to shoe-horn the subject that you want to talk about into this discussion.

    • Analogy:

      a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

      My first attempt at explaining "biological duty" was through an analogy.

      Breathing. Shitting. Pretty obvious tasks your body has a "biological duty" to perform without your consent if you are to survive.

      If your heart stops beating, you die If you don't breath, you die.

      Are you personally choosing to make your body do these things at all times?

      No. Your body is doing it for you (regrettably).

      Why is your body doing that?

      My answer: It's because our genetic code evolved to have a duty to preserve our existence.

      You answer: shrug emoji

      If you want to insist that you can't understand what I mean when I say "biological duty" then you're gonna have to explain how your heart beats without you thinking about it.

      Because frankly, at this point, I'd love for you to be right about me making up "biological duty" when it comes to your body and the heart that keeps it going.

      Whether you want it to or not, your body is forcing you to preserve yourself. Which is a basic concept in biology, and readily observable in all living things if you ever bothered to go outside.

      First result from Google:

      "biological duty" refers to the inherent functions or purposes that living organisms are considered to have, often relating to their SURVIVAL and reproduction.

      So to put it all back in context for you to obstinately refuse to consider:

      You aren't the reason your heart beats. You aren't the reason you get hungry. You aren't the reason you feel lonely.

      That's your body.

      It does its own thing to guarantee your survival. Whether you want it to or not. Which is why it's considered a "duty." In the biology books I previously mentioned you need to read, this is defined as your bodies "biological duty" of self preservation.

      All humans have it. Whether you understand it or not, you have it too.

      It forces you to eat. It forces you to breath. It forces you to sleep. But more importantly, it forces you to build an environment where you can obtain these things in the future too.

      Birds build nests. Beavers build dams. Humans build small familial communities.

      These provide you with food when your body can't. These provide you with a place to sleep if you have none.

      Ever feel lonely? Yeah, that's your bodies way of telling you you're "hungry" for socialization. Socialization that when developed enough, can provide you reproductive options, and food / shelter security.

      Your body wants you to meet other humans to guarantee your survival. Your body wants you to help these people as that both increase your chances they will help you survive, and bonus, releases a fuck load of dopamine to make you feel good.

      So:

      Everyones bodies, regardless of their control over it, compels them to survive and to help other humans due the same - which over time, creates groups of people helping each other mutually beyond what they are capable of providing themselves. This grouping can be a family, or any other grouping of humans as I previously mentioned.

      At scale, this means all humans are working to benefit themselves and others. Which in turn benefits the species as a whole.

      So if you are human, your DNA is literally programmed with an unavoidable duty to preserve you and other humans as far as it possibly can.

      If you occupy a human body, then that body is programmed with a biological duty to preserve you and other humans.

      Unless you are:

      A) Depressed B) Sociopath C) Sourrounded by wealth C) Not human

      This is the same answer I've always provided. It is a very simple and widely accepted answer to the questions you have asked.

      If you want an answer, you now have one.

      But you don't want an answer. You just want to feel special about something ignorant you thought of, never defined, never researched, and now clearly can't back down from.

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