Conflicting statements in the bible

[Tonus]

I am not following you at all on this one. You admit that given your definition of morality genocide would be moral progress, but then you make an appeal for societies not to follow that pattern. If it really was moral progress then why should societies not follow that pattern? That does not seem to make any sense; shouldn’t all societies desire to progress morally?

I am saying that a moral code that justifies genocide is not logical; it reflects the sort of tribal thinking that human societies have followed in the past, and which I think humanity is working to overcome today. It's one reason that I think mankind developed morals all on his own: moral codes of the past justified actions that more and more people today would reject as cruel and irrational. I think that tribalism slows the development of moral codes because it gives us a reason to segregate ourselves based on criteria (ethnic origin, skin color, language, religious belief) that shouldn't be a barrier to finding common ground.