Datadude, I look forward to seeing what you find.

I think it's all about balance, ying/yang, equilibrium. Nature finds a way to provide this for us (I believe). We can be defenders or destroyers but if we do nothing but destroy, then of course we know where that leads. Somehow (thus far anyway), we find it in us to stop.

As far as intent, even our laws recognize differing degrees of intent. Crimes of passion vs pre-meditation. Self-defense, as we saw in the Case of Kyle Rittenhouse.

There are (or should be) always countervailing forces. Man and woman together can result in synergy. Counterbalancing each other when individually we would probably take things too far, one way or another. Hormones, neurotransmitters, pheromones, prostaglandins all working together in an ancient symphony.