We should take the Moral Highground

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

I would say the only thing that makes moral behavior noteworthy is that it was not required

Of course it was (and is) required.

"Moral behaviour" is just a term we use to describe some behaviours vs some others. Those behaviours are based on utility; their utility is that they aid survival if one lives in a community.(itself useful for survival).


A moral relativist, my own moral philosophy is based on utlilitarianism. I recognise no external or transcendent moral authority.

What we now call 'morality' was not invented by recorded religion.Archeaology suggests that the earliest humans had a moral sense.Nor is moral behaviour unique to primates;it has also been observed in some other apes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/scienc...wanted=all


http://www.forandagainst.com/When_Animal...uman_Trait