Resolving the tension between honoring life and taking it is a perennial human question

Evidence

In our oldest stories, we are reminded that this was a question of profound concern for our ancestors. When we rely deeply on other lives, there is urgency to protect them. Our ancestors, who had so few material possessions, devoted a great deal of attention to this question, while we who are drowning in possessions scarcely give it a thought. The cultural landscape may have changed, but the conundrum has not—the need to resolve the inescapable tension between honoring life around us and taking it in order to live is part of being human. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 631

Categorization

• XREF: Connects backward to chapter 4/6 claims about gift economy and forward to eco-justice discussions of material desire. — connects to: Defending honor can override the preservation of life itself — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 125
• ADDENDUM: Feeds the ‘Grafting & Growth’ theme of kinship ethics, and supports the eco-justice critique that material wealth obscures moral grounding.

Broader Connections

• Defending honor can override the preservation of life itself #exemplifies (0.85) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 125