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           )Morals—allcorrectmoralrulesderivefromtheinstincttosurvive;moralbehaviorissurvivalbehaviorabovetheindividuallevel—asinafatherwhodiestosavehischildren.Butsincepopulationpressureresultsfromtheprocessofsurvivingthroughothers,thenwar,becauseitresultsfrompopulationpressure,derivesfromthesameinheritedinstinctwhichproducesallmoralrulessuitableforhumanbeings.

           Checkofproof:Isitpossibletoabolishwarbyrelievingpopulationpressure(andthusdoawaywiththeall-tooevidentevilsofwar)throughconstructingamoralcodeunderwhichpopulationislimitedtoresources?

           Withoutdebatingtheusefulnessormoralityofplannedparenthood,itmaybeverifiedbyobservationthatanybreedwhichstopsitsownincreasegetscrowdedoutbybreedswhichexpand.Somehumanpopulationsdidso,inTerranhistory,andotherbreedsmovedinandengulfedthem.

           Nevertheless,let’sassumethatthehumanracemanagestobalancebirthanddeath,justrighttofititsownplanets,andtherebybecomespeaceful.Whathappens?

           Soon(aboutnextWednesday)theBugsmovein,killoffthisbreedwhich"ain’tagonnastudywarnomore"andtheuniverseforgetsus.Whichstillmayhappen.EitherwespreadandwipeouttheBugs,ortheyspreadandwipeusout--becausebothracesaretoughandsmartandwantthesamerealestate.