In recent generations we learn from our predecessors to differentiate from what is right or wrong. Humans in general may, however, have learned from natural instinct or even from religious experience. For example, Christians look at the biblical beliefs of the Ten Commandments as a basis of morals. From this humans perceive the morality of human beings. Others might say that humans are born with an innate moral "compass", orienting us toward a distinction of what is right and what is wrong. Along with this "compass" is a sense of fairness, a sense of social and family hierarchy, respect for social authority, and respect to the innocence of the youth. Therefore, the recent killings at Newton was viewed as extremely immoral because of the murders of many innocent, naive kids. Also, as time progresses, humans are influenced by different factors augmenting to their moral "compass".
Human morals differ from those of animals. Although animals do not usually show harm behaviors towards their own kind, they kill other breeds of animals in order to survive. This is analogous to saying a Christian person not killing another Christian but maybe killing a Jewish person. Animals have a sense of survival and a need to protect their own kind. As a result, they react differently.
Nice post but I felt that there it lacked insight. It sounded like something I would read in a research paper about the topic instead of a simple post about how you feel about the question. The Sandy Hook shooting was also in Newtown not Newton, and there were some grammatical errors. Overall, decent job but try to make it more personal in the future.
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