When you reduce reality and Nature, there are two things written in stone: Anything that is alive has been granted one right: the right to Try (to live). In order to persist over any generational time period, it has the response ability to contribute more usefulness to its environment and offspring than it consumes. Laws can be written to be useful or selfish. When we anchor them in civilization (city based extraction) or anthropocentrism, we can't understand why our systems collapse, but when we frame our behavior with Nature's perspective, our failures are obvious. The primary one being Competition based on imaginary reasons. Evil: an action based on an unquestioned belief.