IThe real problem with society today is we protect people from themselves, We are the only species of animal that actually protects the week and or stupid. We need to let Darwins theory's do there work and not mess with nature.
Homer's
Odyssey had a nice rebuttal to this several thousand years ago.
For example, in the Cyclops section, Odysseus describes these beings from the start as subhuman brutes because they do not work together to protect one another. Despite the enormous size and strength of the Cyclops, Odysseus and his men are able to overcome him because they work together, with some of the men taking on additional risk to protect the others. Odysseus himself, as their leader, puts himself at greatest risk at the final escape, but only after he has helped his weaker and less able men escape first. The entire
Odyssey is a series of such learning experiences. After he has had all of these learning experiences, a much wiser Odysseus returns to his home disguised as a poor
thes.
Thes is usually translated into
beggar in English because there is no equivalent in our society--it was actually a lower level of social status than our society can imagine. In that disguise, Odysseus is able to judge the level of civilization among those who have overrun his house by seeing how well they treat and help the lowest level of humanity known to them.
By the way,
many other animals help the weak among them. I heard an amazing story from a boat captain in New Zealand. He accidentally ran into an orca that was surfacing, creating a fatal wound. Two other orcas assisted the injured whale to the surface so it could breathe. They kept him up while a boat came out to assist, carrying a doctor who works with these animals. She climbed on the back of one of the supporting orcas, who clearly knew she was there to help and who clearly were assisting her so she could perform an examination. She realized that the wound was fatal, though. Within a weak, every known orca pod in the wide region had arrived there in Aukland harbor, apparently for some sort of a funeral service.
So, in summary, many animals work in harmony to protect their species, and even so, for thousands of of years most theorists have considered failing to do so to be subhuman behavior.