“The education of women is the best way to save the environment.”
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If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.
Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.
If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.