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Originally Posted by Arakkis  Do you really think a strong internal moral code is what kept ancient man from tearing each other apart long enough to learn how to farm and develop architecture? No, it was fear. Fear of the unknown fed by shamans/medicine men to get early man to stop killing each other and evolve. |
I don't necessarily agree with this. I believe empathy is an evolutionary trait that help helped us survive. We're not especially adapted to exist in the wild alone, you know. We are a social species and obviously if anyone had a genetic tendency to harm individuals in the group they would've been weeded out pretty quickly. We could have not been successful if the majority of us were killing each other.
So, yeah, I think basic moral codes are a selective trait via evolution.
