I think that Confucius would probably say that the decree of heaven does only apply to humans, and not other non-human animals (I don't suppose he recognized humans a animals). I can imagine that he probably, if he gave it any good sum of thought would suggest that there exists a different 'morality' of sorts for many different. He could also say that morals are things that are fully conscious and only exist to those who can think about their actions. So maybe he thinks that animals don't necessarily have a set of 'morals' but instead act as in in their nature because they aren't malleable as humans are.
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