Nature cares nothing for our intentions. It only judges us on our behaviors.
Did nature judge the squirrell's behavior or was it the fox who simply adapted to the squirrell's behavior. In this context it is not so much that we are victims of nature but rather are in equilibrium with its creations who as such have equal 'authority to judge; ie- to act upon each other'. Which I think resonates with your first point in this sentence - but to the latter point maybe nature 'does not judge' in isolation; that part may be on us and is a shared responsibility apart of the deal for being the sum of each other.
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