Your opening paragraph is an excellent summary of the key element motivating me to write this article.

I really appreciate the thoughtful way you are raising points which certainly deserve further clarification, development or contexualisation.

I hope t do that when I have some free time , but currently I need to meet a deadline to complete a paper on the concept I am developing of the 'Eurokleptocene... plus on a personal note, my mother needs a lot of care these days....

I agree perhaps I should have highlighted the Afghani-Pakistani origin of the young mal students , more than mentioning their religion. In fact, the main issue for me (beyond their religion or ethnicity, was that they were YOUNG, with no family to guide them, which meant we as their teachers (plus legally) should have taken on that role. of loco parentis.

But I will add, at the risk of alienating you, I do think that all conceptualisations about human origins and values, stretching back some 40,000 years, with practical necessities dictated by climate and geography, are valiant attempts at embedding a moral code, without which human society would become brutal and totally chaotic (as we are seeing with the nihilistic materialism of much of western 'civilisation').