Claiming the ponies have a "better moral status" when compared to the dragons is interesting. Is that really the case?

Two of the three times the show has dealt with dragons other than Spike, it has shown them dealing with an invasion of their homes. While they certainly responded aggressively, it is perhaps understandable, since their property was threatened and greed, as has been shown, is an important component of the dragon psyche and life cycle. Besides, if some stranger came into your home and started eating your food or telling you that you needed to leave, you might be a bit peevish too. It is important to note that this aggression only occurred when their personal spaces were threatened; they did not go out and seek ponies to attack. The dragon in "Dragonshy" even proved to be quite sensitive and reasonable once Fluttershy managed to get his attention! The other case involved teenage dragons who were physically immature; it is not too much of a leap to say that they were morally immature as well and therefore cannot be held fully responsible for the moral weight of their actions.

Compare that to the ponies, for whom we've had several examples of downright nasty and antisocial behavior coming from adults. Trixie, Lightning Dust, and worst of all, Nightmare Moon all suffered serious moral lapses that had the potential to harm a great number of innocents.

Anyways, this brings me to the question of the morality of greed in the context of dragon society. The show does seem to imply that greed is responsible for the maturation of dragons. Maturing is likely a very important and useful thing for dragons; their increased size and ferocity is undoubtedly a survival advantage, and although the show will almost certainly never go into it, I'd assume that maturation also allows them to reproduce. So, for dragons, greed is something that allows them to survive and probably to propagate their genes. Since greed is a contributor to the flourishing of dragon life, then in the context of dragon society, wouldn't that make greed "good?" Just because greed doesn't work out in pony society, does that necessarily make it "bad?"

Claiming that the ponies are somehow morally superior to the dragons simply because they are more "civilized" is as outlandish as claiming that Bob is morally superior to Bill because Bob lives in a big house as opposed to Bill, who lives in a tent. The dragons and ponies are totally different species and have different values to reflect their different social structures and the different means by which they survive. Spike choosing the "pony way" over the "dragon way" was not so much a moral triumph as it was a victory for pony culture indoctrinating him to their standards.

This is not to say that there are no universal moral standards; that argument can very well be made. However, much like the cultures here on Earth, ponies and dragons are bound to be separated by very different concepts and norms regarding a great deal of things. These concepts arise from and adapt to the particulars of their environment, and as such, should be understood and tolerated instead of brazenly condemned.

@@Legatus Equus, 

Very good points! Definitly will be taken into consideration for the next article on the thinking pony. But what is trying to be accomplished is to take two routes to Ponyism and this first route to be looked at with things discussed in the thinking pony. This first route is an existentialist one, and after it's been written and considered, then an attempt to look at the 

transcendentalist route will be written. So even though I agree with you that it very well can be argued that there are universal moral standards, from this budding existentialist point of view, we should recognize that our ego's and our biological characteristics shape our morals. There is nothing intrinsically right or wrong and we as personal beings have to justify our actions. 

So yes, not all dragons are intrinsically evil, just as ponies are not all good. But the essence of what it means to be a pony versus what it means to be a dragon is where distinctions come in. The underlying backgrounds of the individual creatures will finalize what the environment has already crafted them to be. This is why I brought up Spike, being a perfect example of what his morals are versus what they could have been.