Replacing Religious Morality

[GodsRevolt]

In a Darwinist sense, the right thing to do would be to remove such individuals from the tribe. Luckily, we don't have to be bound by Darwinism and that's the whole point.

The origins of morality are basic. It's the same traits that wolves and elephants and other social animals have. For social animals, survival of the fittest means survival of the collective. That basic instinct still runs through us but we've grown beyond basic Darwinism.

The answer to your question is that we look after such an individual. That's the right thing to do. Why is it right? Because we choose to make it right. The evolutionary origins of morality are useful in explaining where morality comes from but we have grown to value the individual even when it has no benefit to the collective.

So we have evolved naturally to a state that is beyond natural? Is this your conclusion?

I am looking for clarification on your ideas because you need to give reason (or at least a point of reference) for the coming about of this "new morality" that extends beyond natural instincts of the animalistic survival instinct (what's good for the collective is good for the individual and vice versa).

I'm not saying that I disagree with you. I agree. I think that what you are talking about is the reason behind the Adam and Eve Myth (note: I say Myth - not untruth). We are completely unique amongst the animals in this ability to choose moral living (amongst other things such as art, philosophy, medicine,). How does the natural world explain this happening to only one species so dramatically?