Laughing Dog's Essay on Moral Philosophy

Sometimes when I’m on my way home from the park, I catch myself shitting in some stranger’s lawn, and I have to stop and think. Is it wrong of me to do so? Society has come to some understanding about the rules and expectations of property and privilege that they all tend to agree upon, after all, that’s how laws come to exist in a sovereign nation. The question remains, do these types of agreements mandate societal ethics as well? Is morality universal, or is it specific to each society? When I look up at the stranger’s window to see his furious expression as I defecate in various locations across his yard, I wonder if he has the right to be so embittered. As I see it, the only true law is natural law, and the rest are just guidelines. Would he have a right to be angry at a tree for stretching it’s root structure under his driveway, or dropping leaves on his roof? Would he be justified in cursing the clouds for dropping hail on his new Dodge Stratus? I don’t believe this right is his to reserve on account that these are naturally occurring happenstances, and to live in a world that is governed foremost by nature, everyone has silently agreed to these terms in order just to exist. Coming back to the point, if nature is the prominent governing force, then whatever actions I take must be within the boundaries of that nature which are particular to me (granted to me upon existence), and thus I cannot be held morally responsible. In other words, when I’m relieving myself, regardless of where I do it, I’m merely acting out my nature, just as the trees and the clouds. And so, just by coexisting in this world with me, the owner of the property I’m defiling has already in essence agreed to the terms of nature and so should not be upset with me for doing so. I take a great comfort in knowing this, and that guy can rest assured as well that I will continue to do my business where and when I please. However, at the same time I am forced to expect that any retaliation that is within his nature to display is comparatively justifiable, and so I have to be prepared to be equally accepting of whatever vengeance is taken upon me. This is my conclusion on the matter.