RE: Where do atheists get their morality from?
September 2, 2012 at 5:00 am
(This post was last modified: September 2, 2012 at 5:04 am by Haydn2.)
(September 2, 2012 at 12:55 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Evolution may, in fact almost certainly must, play a part in developing systems of morality
But not evolution by natural selection. The human concept of the group goes back to Homo Erectus where we have found skeletons which show signs of individuals recovering from broken leg bones. While they may have been crippled because the bone was not properly set these individuals were still given food and water by other members of the group.
Human culture interferes with evolution by natural selection.
By helping the crippled members of your group and nursing them back to health , you are ensuring the survival of alot of genes of which you would share. This is still natural seletion and alot of the pack animals do this ( i certainly know Wolves feed and care for thier injured)